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HM-180
ex
 USS LST-180


USS LST-180 was transferred to the United Kingdom for the duration of World War II
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 8 February 1943, at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, IN.
  • Launched, 3 June 1943
  • Commissioned USS LST-180, 29 June 1943
  • Decommissioned and transferred to the Royal Navy, 10 July 1943
  • Royal Navy History
  • Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LST-180, 9 July 1943
  • HM LST-180 participated in the Invasion of Normandy, June 1944
  • Prepared for Far East at Liverpool, June to September 1945
  • Assigned to the 9th LST Flotilla for the Invasion of the Andaman Islands
  • Operation later canceled
  • Paid off and returned to US Navy custody at New York, 17 December 1945 along with LCT-227 which was loaded aboard for the journey to New York
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 21 January 1946
  • Sold, 10 March 1948, to Ships and Power Equipment Corp., Barber, N.J.
  • Resold in 1948 to Shell Oil Co.
  • Rebuilt as a shallow draft tanker suitable for Shell’s movement of crude oil from their Lake Maracaibo oil fields to the Shell refineries in Aruba and Curacao
  • Named MT Leona, reflagged Venezuela
  • Final Disposition, sank in Lake Maracaibo in 1955, presumed scrapped
    Specifications:
    Displacement
    1,625 t.(lt)
    4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)
    2,366 t. (beaching displacement)
    Length 328' o.a.
    Beam 50'
    Draft
    light 2' 4" fwd, 7' 6" aft
    sea-going 8' 3" fwd, 14' 1" aft
    landing 3' 11" fwd, 9' 10" aft (landing w/500 ton load)
    limiting 11' 2"
    maximum navigation 14' 1"
    Speed 11.6 kts. (trial)
    Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons
    Complement
    13 officers
    106 enlisted
    Troop Accommodations
    16 officers
    147 enlisted
    Boats 4 LCVP
    Cargo Capacity (varied with mission - payloads between 1600 and 1900 tons)
    Typical loads
    One Landing Craft Tank (LCT), tanks, wheeled and tracked vehicles, artillery, construction equipment and military supplies. A ramp or elevator forward allowed vehicles access to tank deck from main deck
    Additional capacity included sectional pontoons carried on each side of vessel amidships, to either build Rhino Barges or use as causeways. Married to the bow ramp, the causeways would enabled payloads to be delivered ashore from deeper water or where a beachhead would not allow the vessel to be grounded forward after ballasting
    Armament (varied with availability when each vessel was outfitted. Retro-fitting was accomplished throughout WWII. The ultimate armament design for United States vessels was
    2 - Twin 40MM gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors
    4 - Single 40MM gun mounts
    12 single 20MM gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 4,300 Bbls
    Propulsion
    two General Motors 12-567A, 900hp Diesel engines
    single Falk Main Reduction Gears
    three Diesel-drive 100Kw 230V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    two propellers, 1,700shp
    twin rudders
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    LST-180
    1016018001    		 69k LST-180 christening and launch party, the Falls family & others, launching platform guest pass and champagne bottle used to christen the ship.
    LST-180 Christening Sponsor Scrapbook - US LST Ship Memorial Inc.    		 Tommy Trampp
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    1016018005    		 57k LST-180 launching, 3 June 1943, at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, IN.
    LST-180 Christening Sponsor Scrapbook - US LST Ship Memorial Inc.    		 Tommy Trampp
    USS LST-180
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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