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LST-422


LST-422 was transferred to the United Kingdom for the duration of World War II
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 12 November 1942, at Bethlehem Fairfield Co., Baltimore, MD.
  • Launched, 10 December 1942
  • Transferred to the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease Act, and Commissioned in to the Royal Navy as HM LST-422, 4 February 1943
  • LST-422 saw no active service with the US Navy
  • Participated in the Sicily, Reggio, Salerno and Anzio operations (MacDermott Ships Without Names)
  • Sunk by a mine during Operation Shingle off Anzio, 26 January 1944
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 16 May 1944
    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 /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
    LST-422
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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    LST-422
    1016042202    		 150k HM LST-422 beached in the background near St. Teresa, Sicily while Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry troops sleep on the beach at dawn while awaiting transport to Italy, 4 September 1943. Barry Miller
    LST-422 57k HM LST-422 along with an unidentified LST being unloaded in Anzio harbour. Photo by Denis Healey, from "Anzio: The Friction of War: Italy and The Battle For Rome 1944," by LLoyd Clark. Robert Hurst
    LST-422
    1016042203    		 89k On 25 January1944, HM LST-422 departed Naples, Italy, carrying members of the 83rd Chemical Battalion and 68th Coast Artillery Regiment. The ship also carried vehicles, gasoline and a variety of ammunition, together with ammunition-related volatile chemical equipment. By night, the ship had arrived in the Allied—held harbor of Anzio, southwest of Rome amid gale force winds. Early in the morning of J26 anuary, the ship drifted into a minefield, striking a submerged mine. The subsequent explosion tore a hole through the bottom and starboard side of the ship, fire rapidly spread as the gasoline and chemicals on deck were ignited. As the ship flooded and continued to burn, orders were given to abandon ship. Rough seas complicated rescue attempts by nearby vessels, and many crew members were lost in the frigid waters as the ship broke in two and sank.
    USS Pilot War Diary, 1 January-31 January 1944 (Action Report)    		 Barry Miller
    LST-422
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