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HM LST-366

LST-366 was transferred to the United Kingdom for the duration of World War II

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship

Laid down, 1 October 1942, at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, MA.

Launched, 11 November 1942

Transferred to the United Kingdom, 21 December 1942

Royal Navy History
Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LST-366, 21 December 1942
Sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, in convoy SC125, 31 March 1943
Sailed from Scotland in convoy KMS18A
HM LST-366 participated in the following campaigns:
Sicilian occupation
Salerno landings
Reggio landing (as per MacDermott, "Ships Without Names"
West Coast of Italy operations-1944--Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings
Invasion of Normandy

HM LST-366 additionally participated in the shuttle service between Tilbury, Ostend and Antwerp
Paid off and returned to United States Navy custody at Norfolk, VA., 26 January 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping to N. Block and Co., Norfolk, VA., date 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	Source
1016036602	341k	HM LST-366 crew members cleaning one of her 20mm Oerlikon guns, location unknown, photo dated 14 February 1945. Source Admiralty Press Division	Elna Estcourt
1016036603	188k	HM LST-366 view from the foc'sle looking aft, photo dated 14 February 1945. Source Admiralty Press Division	Elna Estcourt
1016036604	108k	HM LST-366 outbound looking forward view from the bridge, photo dated 22 February 1945 by the Press Division of the Admiralty.	Elna Estcourt
	67k	HM LST-366 on a ramp while unloading vehicles at what is now known as Montgomery Dock at Ostend, Belgium, circa 1945.	Robert Hurst
1016036605	137k	HM LST-366 beached on a ramp probably Montgomery Dock, Ostend, Belgium after unloading vehicles and other material, photo dated 22 February 1945 by the Press Division of the Admiralty. Written on the back of the photo is "Empty now we can go back" The comment lead us to believe that these photos were taken while HM LST-366 was participating in the the shuttle service between Tilbury, Ostend and Antwerp	Elna Estcourt

LST-366
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
02	LT. Hall, N. RNVR	April 1943 - 21 August 1943
03	LT. Grandage, C.R., RNVR	21 August 1943 - 16 March 1945
04	LCDR. Lowe, Thomas Herbert, RNVR	16 March 1945 - 26 January 1946


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