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HM LST-428

LST-428 was transferred to the United Kingdom for the duration of World War II

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Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 10 October 1947, to Luria Brothers and Co., Philadelphia, PA.

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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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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	83k	HM LST-428 beached at Courseulles, France, in August 1944 while loading casualties. HM LST-428 had been converted to transport casualties back to the United Kingdom. Photo taken by LT. E. A. Zimmerman, Royal Navy official photographer. Image # A25095 from the Collections of the Imperial War Museums.		Robert Hurst
	72k	HM LST-428 loading wounded soldiers while beached at Courseulles, France, in August, 1944.. Imperial War Museum Admiralty Official Collection, Photo No. © IWM (A 25096)<		Mike Green
	56k	Beached at Courseulles, France, while loading wounded men being transferred from ambulances to Hospital Tank Landing Ship HM LST-428 in August 1944. Both Allied and Germany wounded were being transported from the battle area to the United Kingdom. Imperial War Museum Admiralty Official Collection, Photo No. © IWM (A 25094)		Mike Green
	75k	Interior view of wounded men being transferred from parked ambulances to the Hospital Tank Landing Ship HM LST-428 at low tide through the ship's bow doors. She is helping to transport casualties, including enemy wounded from Courseulles, France to the United Kingdom. Imperial War Museum Admiralty Official Collection, Photo No. © IWM (A 25098)<		Mike Green

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LST-428
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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