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HM LST-425

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 16 November 1942, at Bethlehem Fairfield Co., Baltimore, MD.
  • Launched, 12 December 1942
  • Transferred to the Royal Navy, 10 February 1943. Commissioned HM LST-425
  • HM LCT-425 saw service in the Mediterranean Theater during World War II
  • Returned to US Navy custody, 30 August 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 10 June 1947
  • Final Disposition, sold, 8 October 1947
    Specifications: (as reported by Office of Naval Intelligence-1945)
    Displacement 1,625 t.(lt), 4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)
    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)
    Speed 12 kts. (maximum)
    Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons
    Complement
    7 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
    1 - 12 Pounder anti-aircraft multi-barrel mount
    6 - 20MM mounts
    4 - Fast Aerial Mine (FAM) mounts
    Propulsion two General Motors 12-567, 900hp diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    LST-425 831k HM LST-425 loading trucks and troops of the 45th Division, 4 September 1943, at Palermo, Sicily for the Salerno landings, second wave, on 9 September 1943. USS LCI(L)-235 is moored to the left of HM LST-425.
    US National Archives photo # III-SC 181096, Box 181, a US Army Signal Corps photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Dave Kerr
    LST-425 1361k From left to right HM LST-425 loading trucks and troops while LCIs USS LCI(L)-235, USS LCI(L)-95, USS LCI(L)-220 and an unidentified LCI load troops of the 45th Division, 4 September 1943, at Palermo, Sicily for the Salerno landings, second wave, on 9 September 1943.
    US National Archives photos # III-SC 181098, Box 181, a US Army Signal Corps. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Dave Kerr
    LST-425 1108k HM LST-425 loading trucks and troops of the 45th Division, 14 September 1943, at Palermo, Sicily for the Salerno landings
    US National Archives photos # III-SC 182838, Box 187, a US Army Signal Corps. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Dave Kerr
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
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