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HM LST-362

LST-362 was transferred to the United Kingdom in November 1942 for the duration of World War II

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 10 August 1942, at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, MA.

Launched, 10 October 1942

USS LST-362 never saw active service with the US Navy

Transferred to the United Kingdom under terms of the Lend-Lease Act, 23 November 1942

Royal Navy History

Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LST-362, 16 November 1942

Sailed from New York as part of the 1st Flotilla, 27 January 1943, for the Mediterranean via Bermuda

During World War II HM LST-362 was assigned to the European Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
Sicilian occupation, 9 and 10 July 1943
Salerno landings, September 1943
West Coast of Italy operations - 1944 - Anzio-Nettuno advanced landing, 22 January 1944

Torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-744 while returning from the Mediterranean to the UK in convoy MKS-40 in Biscay Bay area, 2 March 1944

Struck from the US Naval Register, 28 April 1945

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