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HM LST-361


LST-361 was transferred to the Royal Navy in November 1942 for the duration of World War II
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 10 August 1942, at Bethlehem Steel Yard, Quincy, MA.
  • Launched, 10 October 1942
  • Turned over to the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease Program, 16 November 1942
  • Royal Navy History
  • Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LST-361, 16 November 1942
  • Sailed from New York as part of 1st Flotilla, 27 January 1943, but had to turn back
  • Sailed again, 23 February 1943, for the Mediterranean via Bermuda
  • During World War II HM LST-361 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    • Sicilian occupation, 9 and 10 July 1943
    • Salerno landings, 9 to 21 September 1943 (as per MacDermott, Ships Without Names)
    • West Coast of Italy operations - 1944 - Anzio-Nettuno advanced landing, 22 January 1944
    • Invasion of Normandy, 6 June 1944
  • Operated as part of shuttle service between Tilbury, Ostend and Antwerp
  • Paid off and returned to US Navy custody, 7 March 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 11 October 1947, to Luria Bros. & Co., Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
    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-361 77k HM LST-361 and HM LST-324 loading vehicles and equipment at Gosport, England, preparing for the upcoming Invasion of Normandy.
    Imperial War Museum War Office Second World War Official Collection, by Knight (Capt), Photo No. © IWM (H 38977).     		Mike Green
    LST-361 104k A Sherman tank of the 13th/18th Hussars, 27th Armored Brigade, reverses aboard HM LST-361 at Gosport, on the southern coast of England, 1 June 1944. This is part of the final preparations for the Normandy Invasion
    Imperial War Museum War Office Second World War Official Collection, by Knight (Capt), Photo No. © IWM (H 38976).     		Mike Green
    LST-361 24k HM LST-361 moored, date and location unknown. Haydn Redfarn for his grandfather Bryan Maloney HM LST-361
    LST-361
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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