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HM LST-412

LST-412 was transferred to the United Kingdom for the duration of World War II

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship

Laid down, 24 September 1942, at Bethlehem Fairfield Co., Baltimore, MD.

Launched, 16 November 1942

LST-412 never saw active service with the US Navy

Transferred under terms of the Lend-lease Act to the Royal Navy

Royal Navy History
Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LST-412, 26 January 1943
HM LST-412 sailed from New York in company with HM LST-324 and HM LST-421, 13 March 1943 transporting refinery equipment to Curacao
From Georgetown, Curacao HM LST-412 set sail for Freetown, Sierra Leone
Participated in Salerno, Anzio and Normandy operations (MacDermott Ships Without Names)
Returned to US Naval control, 23 January 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 20 March 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 16 December 1947, to Northern Metals Co., Philadelphia, PA.

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
50k	HM LST-324 and HM 412 unloading logs at Freetown, Sierra Leone, date unknown.	Robert Hurst
72k	Rhino ferry F94 moves away from HM LST-320 heading for the Normandy beachhead along the port side of HM LST-412.	Robert Hurst
79k	Troops of the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade disembark from HM LST-412, 11-12 October 1944, at Tilbury, England on their return from the nine day Battle of Arnhem, 17 September- 25 September 1944. Imperial War Museum, Ministry of Information Censorship Bureau of Press Photographs: Classified Print Collection, Photo No. © IWM (HU 128097)	Mike Green

LST-412
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