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HM LST-406

LST-406 was transferred to the United Kingdom for the duration of World War II

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 1 September 1942, at Bethlehem Steel Co., Fairfield Yard., Baltimore, MD.

Launched, 28 October 1942

LST-406 never saw active service with the US Navy

Delivered to the United Kingdom, 26 December 1942

Royal Navy History
Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LST-406, 26 December 1942
HM LST-406 sailed for Europe in convoy SC 125 in company with USS LST-336 and HM LST-319 from Halifax, Nova Scotia, 31 March 1943, arriving at Liverpool, England, 14 April 1943
participated in Sicily, Salerno, Anzio and Normandy ope3rations (MacDermott Ships Without Names)
Paid off and returned to US Navy custody, 11 April 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 10 June 1947

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 5 December 1947, to Bosey, Philippines

Reported to be in commercial service, as late as 1978, as Chung 116 under the flag of the Peoples Republic of China, fate unknown

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	73k	HM LST-406 with other landing craft during the passage to Normandy, 6 June 1944. Photo taken by unknown photographer of No. 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit. Photo No. B 5160. From the collections of the Imperial War Museums. Part of War Office Second World War Official Collection.	Robert Hurst
	22k	HM LST-406 beached at Normandy in June 1944.	LST-383 web site
	68k	HM LST-406 beached at Normandy with bow doors open and ramp down disembarking Crusader AA Mk III tank, 'Allahkeef' of 22nd Armoured Brigade HQ, 7th Armoured Division ashore at Normandy, France, 7 June 1944. Photo by Sgt Laing of No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit. Photo No. B 5129 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.	Robert Hurst
	67k	HM LST-406 and HM LST-301 unloading while beached at Gold Beach, Normandy, June 1944.	William Fraser USS LST-208
1016040604	203k	HM LST-406 beached at Normandy with several crew members on the beach, circa June 1944.	Colin Stewart
1016040605	290k		Colin Stewart
1016040606	160k	HM LST-406 crew members belonging to Six Mess, which would have included PO motor mechanic James William Jordan (MX533220), date and location unknown.	Josh Jordan for his grandfather PO motor mechanic James William Jordan (MX533220) HM LST-406.

LST-406
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