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HM LST-430


LST-430 was transferred to the United Kingdom for the duration of World War II
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 25 November 1942, at Bethlehem Fairfield Co., Baltimore, MD.
  • Launched, 31 December 1942
  • LST-430 saw no active service with the US Navy
  • Transferred to the United Kingdom, and commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LST-430, 19 February 1943
    Participated the North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, Normandy and Norway operations (MacDermott Ships Without Names)
  • Returned to US Navy control, 26 January 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 12 October 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 /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

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    LST-430 68k HM LST-430 entering the harbor at Tilbury on the River Thames, date unknown Photo - Keith Stockwell for his father Bernard W. Stockwell, Quartermaster HM LST-430
    Caption - C.J. Wright
    LST-430 142k 3 Commando disembarking from HM LST-430 docked at Tilbury, England. 3 Commando returned from Hamburg while enroute to S.E.A.C. (South East Asia Command). Photo - Keith Stockwell for his father Bernard W. Stockwell, Quartermaster HM LST-430
    Caption - C.J. Wright

    LST-430
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    History of HM-430 (Feb. 1943 - March 1944)
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