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HM LST-164


LST-164 was transferred to the United Kingdom for the duration of World War II
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship
  • Laid down, 13 August 1942, at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, IN.
  • Launched, 5 February 1943
  • Commissioned USS LST-164, 30 March 1943
  • Decommissioned, 5 April 1943 and transferred to the Royal Navy
  • Royal Navy History
  • Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LST-163, 5 April 1943
  • Sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Liverpool in convoy SC 131, 18 May 1943
  • HM LST-164 participated in the following campaigns:
    Sicilian occupation
    Salerno landings
    West Coast of Italy operations-1944--Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings
    Invasion of Normandy
    Malaya
  • Paid off, 8 February 1946, location unknown
  • Returned to United States Navy custody, 29 November 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 August 1947
  • Sold for conversion to merchant service, 7 October 1947, to Tung Hwa Trading Co., Singapore
  • Final Disposition, fate 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
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    LST-164
    1016016401    		 279k An M4 Sherman medium tank of 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) is being driven into the tank deck of HM LST-402 as HM LST-164 and HM LST-402 are loading at Catania, Sicily in preparation for the Salerno landings during the invasion of Italy in September 1943.
    Photo by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters),
    National Army Museum collection. NAM. 1975-03-63-14-149.
    National Army Museum collection. NAM. 1975-03-63-14-149.    		 David Upton
    LST-164
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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    The USS LST Ship Memorial
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    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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