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HM LST-62


LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship
  • Laid down, 5 August 1942, at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.
  • Launched, 23 November 1942
  • Transferred to the United Kingdom 3 March 1943
  • Royal Navy History
  • Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LST-62, 4 March 1943, at New Orleans, LA.
  • During World War II HM LST-62 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Occupation of Sicily, 10 July 1943 Anzio advanced landings, January to March 1944
    Invasion of Reggio, September 1943 Invasion of Normandy, June 1944
  • Converted to carry rolling stock for the Normandy invasion
  • Paid off at Falmouth UK in early 1946
  • Returned to US Navy custody, 10 June 1946, at New York
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 19 July 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 12 May 1948, to Northern Metals Co., Philadelphia, PA.
    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 1 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-405 85k HM LST-62 and HM LST-405 beached, 3 September 1943 (Invasion Day) at Reggio Italy, while unloading vehicles. Charles W. Pates
    HM LST-62
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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