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Royal Navy History Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LST-160, 10 March 1943 Sailed from New York in convoy USG 8A, 14 May 1943 During World War II HM LST-160 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaigns: *Salerno landings, September 1943 *Invasions of Reggio, September 1943 Invasion of Normandy, June 1944 (*Involvement in Sicily and Anzio uncertain) Operated in shuttle service between Tilbury, Ostend and Antwerp Prepared for Far East service at Antwerp in March-April 1945 Participated in Malayan operations according to MacDermott, Ships Without Names Repatriated Australian troops to Brisbane Paid off, 4 May 1946, at Subic Bay, P.I. Returned to United States Navak custody, 1 June 1946
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1560k | HM LST-160 and USS LST-392 beached on the beach side of the breakwater at Termini-Imerese, Sicily, 13 September 1943 while loading reinforcements for the American 5th Army during the Salerno landing campaign. US National Archives photos # III-SC 182816, Box 187 and III-SC 182819, Box 187, US Army Signal Corps. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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III-SC 182819, Box 187 |
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229k | HM LST-324, HM LST-321 and HM LST-160 beached at Borneo in 1945 to
pickup repatriated Australian POWs and bring them back to Brisbane.
Simon Wilson's father served in HM LST-160 |
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102k | HM LST-160 (inboard) and HM LST-419 (outboard) moored pierside at Brisbane, Australia, 15 November 1945. These were the first two LSTs of the 12th Flotilla into Brisbane. | Robert Hurst |
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