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LST-410

LST-410 was transferred to the United Kingdom for the duration of World War II

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship

Laid down, 13 September 1942, at Bethlehem Fairfield Co., Baltimore, MD.

Launched, 15 November 1942

LST-410 never saw active service with the US Navy

Transferred to the United Kingdom and commissioned HM LST-410, 14 January 1943

Participated in Sicily, Reggio, Salerno, Anzio, Normandy and Malaya operations (MacDermott Ship Without Names)

As part of "W" Task Force HM LST-410 worked down the Arakan coast of Burma and participated in the recapture of Rangoon, before proceeding to the eventual invasion of Malaya at Morib and Port Swettenham, and so to Singapore and Bangkok etc. doing relief work repatriating ex P.O.W.s of the Japanese

Paid off Singapore and returned to US Navy custody at Subic Bay, Philippines, 16 March 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 26 February 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 13 February 1948, to Bosey, Philippines

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

104 enlisted

Troop Accommodations

16 officers

147 enlisted

Boats 2 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 - US Varied with availability when each vessel was outfitted. Retro-fitting was accomplished throughout WWII. The ultimate armament design for United States vessels was

two - Twin 40MM gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors

four - Single 40MM gun mounts

twelve single 20MM gun mounts

Armament - UK Lend Lease built vessels were to be outfitted with armament after convoying across Atlantic and included

one - 12 Pounder anti-aircraft multi-barrel mount

six - 20MM single gun mounts

four - Fast Aerial Mine (FAM) 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

Size	Image Description	Source
78k	HM LST-410 fully loaded for another run to Normandy. In the foreground a German POW takes a break from painting a sister ship to watch her leave.	Robert Hurst
78k	HM LST-410 and HM LST-538 unloading vehicles during Operation "Zipper", the invasion of Malaya, in August 1945. Note she carries Identification Number 'C1' as Flotilla leader.	Robert Hurst
2030k	Menu for a farewell dinner aboard HM LST-326 for Captain G Owles when Force W was paid off in Singapore on 9 February 1946. The menu consists of three sheets of paper stapled together and represents the bow doors and ramp opening.	Colin E C Pilcher Flt Lt RAF (retired) for his father LCDR. Leonard George Pilcher RNVR Commanding Officer HM LST-326
1734k
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LST-410
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