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HM LST-9

LST-9 was transferred to the United Kingdom for the duration of World War II

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 9 August 1942, at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, PA.

Launched, 14 November 1942

Transferred to the United Kingdom, 19 March 1943

Royal Navy History

Commissioned into the Royal Navy HM LST-9, 20 March 1943

Sailed from New York for the Mediterranean in convoy UGS8A, 14 May 1943

Took part in invasions of Sicily, Reggio, Vibo Valentia, Anzio, Normandy and Malaya

Performed a regular ferry service across the Messina Straits

Noted as having made 57 crossings

At Leith, Scotland for refit 11 April to 3 June 1944

Sailed from Leith in time for D-Day

Operated on the shuttle service to Normandy

Repairs carried out at various times at Thames, Portsmouth and Southampton from June 1944 to February 1945

Collided with a jetty at Tilbury Docks, 25 January 1945

At Antwerp for minor defects in April 1945, and was refitted there from May to June

Paid off Subic Bay, Philippines, 4 May 1946

Returned to US Naval custody, 1 June 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 5 September 1948

Final Disposition: sold, 5 September 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

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	26k	HM LST-9 beached at Labuan Island, Northwest Borneo, 1 November 1945. Members of the 2/17th Battalion disembarking from *HM LST-9* into DUKWS which carried them to their new camp on Labuan. The battalion had been withdrawn from Seria.		Australian War Memorial

LST-9
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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