HMS LST-362

48°00′00″N 17°23′00″W / 48.000000°N 17.383333°W / 48.000000; -17.383333

History
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
NameLST-362
BuilderBethlehem Steel Company, Quincy
Laid down10 August 1942
Launched10 October 1942
Sponsored byMrs. Francis E. M. Whiting
Commissioned16 November 1942
Stricken28 April 1945
FateSunk 2 March 1944
General characteristics
Class and typeLST-1-class tank landing ship
Displacement
  • 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full load
  • 2,160 long tons (2,190 t) landing
Length328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam50 ft (15 m)
Draft
  • Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft
  • Landing at 2,160 t: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range24,000 nmi (44,000 km; 28,000 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) while displacing 3,960 long tons (4,024 t)
Boats & landing
craft carried
2 or 6 x LCVPs
Capacity
  • 2,100 tons oceangoing maximum
  • 350 tons main deckload
Troops16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament

HMS LST-362 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship in the Royal Navy during World War II.[1]

Construction and career

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LST-362 was laid down on 10 August 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Launched on 10 October 1942 and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 16 November 1942.[2]

During World War II, LST-362 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle theater. She took part in the Sicilian occupation in Italy from 9 to 15 July 1943 and 28 July to 17 August 1943. Then the Salerno landings from 9 to 21 September of the same year.

On 22 January 1944, she took part in the Anzio invasion. While returning from the Mediterranean to the United Kingdom with the convoy MKS-40 in Biscay Bay area on 2 March later that year, she was struck by a torpedo fired by the U-744 on her starboard side. She was the only ship sunk in her convoy.[3]

She was struck from the Navy Register on 28 April 1945.[1]

Citations

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  1. ^ a b "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "History of LST - 311 - 349". www.historycentral.com. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. ^ "HMS LST-362 (British Landing ship) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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