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HM LST-367

LST-367 was transferred to the United Kingdom for the duration of World War II

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 13 October 1942, at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, MA.

Launched, 24 November 1942

Transferred to the United Kingdom, 29 December 1942

Royal Navy History
Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LST-367, 29 December 1942
Sailed from New York for the Mediterranean in convoy UGS6A, 19 March 1943
HM LST-367 participated in the following campaigns:
Sicilian occupation
Salerno landings
West Coast of Italy operations-1944--Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings
Invasion of Normandy
HM LST-367 additionally participated in the shuttle service between Tilbury, Ostend and Antwerp
Bow doors buckled in collision in November 1944
With LCT-2285 loaded on board she sailed for the US and return to the US Navy
Paid off at New York, 17 December 1945.

Returned to United States Navy custody, 17 December 1945

Decommissioned (date unknown)

Struck from the Naval Register, 21 January 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 18 March 1948, to Great Atlantic Iron and Steel Corp.

Specifications: (as reported by Office of Naval Intelligence-1945)
Displacement 1,625 t.(lt), 2,366 (beaching), 4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)
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"

(max. nav.) 14' 1"

Speed 11.6 kts. (trial)

Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons

Complement

13 officers

106 enlisted

Troop Accommodations

16 officers

147 enlisted

Boats 4 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

one - 12 Pounder anti-aircraft multi-barrel mount

six - 20MM mounts

four - Fast Aerial Mine (FAM) mounts

Fuel Capacity 4,320 Bbls

Propulsion

two General Motors 12-567A, 900hp Diesel engines

Falk single Main reduction gears

one Diesel-drive 100Kw, 240V. D.C. Ship's Service Generators

two propellers, 1,700shp

twin rudders

Size	Image Description	Source
104k	Th Commanding Officer of HM LST-367 loaded with tanks, briefs his crew before sailing to Sicily for the July 9-10, 1943 landings. The use of LCTs and LSTs during the landings enabled armor to be landed at the same time as the assault infantry for the first time. Imperial War Museum War Office Second World War Official Collection, by Chetwyn, L. (Lt.), Photo No. © IWM (NA 4252).	Mike Green
64k	HM LST-367 gingerly makes the double right angle turn into the devastated harbour at Ostend, Belgium, date unknown.	Robert Hurst
58k	HM LST-367 unloading British crewed Sherman tanks, date and location unknown.	Robert Hurst

LST-367
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