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DeutschHMS LST-305
41°14′00″N 12°31′00″E / 41.233333°N 12.516667°E
 Launching ceremony of LST-305 | |
| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | LST-305 |
| Builder | Boston Navy Yard, Boston |
| Laid down | 24 July 1942 |
| Launched | 10 October 1942 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Lillian R. Earley |
| Commissioned | 7 December 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 16 May 1944 |
| Fate | Sunk by U-230, 20 February 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draft |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Range | 24,000 nmi (44,000 km; 28,000 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) while displacing 3,960 long tons (4,024 t) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 or 6 x LCVPs |
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| Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
| Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
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HMS LST-305 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship in the Royal Navy during World War II.[1]
Construction and career[edit]
LST-305 was laid down on 24 July 1942, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts. Launched on 10 October 1942, and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 7 December 1942.[2]
During World War II, LST-305 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle theater. She took part in the Sicilian occupation in Italy, from 9 to 15 July 1943 and 28 July to 17 August 1943. Then the Salerno landings from 9 to 21 September, of the same year.
On 20 February 1944, she was struck by a torpedo fired by the German submarine U-230 while taking part in Operation Shingle, near Anzio, in which she later sank the next day.
She was struck from the Navy Register on 16 May 1944.[1]
Citations[edit]
- ^ a b "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "LST-305". public2.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 11 November 2021.[permanent dead link]
Sources[edit]
- United States. Dept. of the Treasury (1962). Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic and Other Laws, Volume 97. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- Moore, Capt. John (1984). Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710607959.
- Saunders, Stephen (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710628886.
- Fairplay International Shipping Journal Volume 222. United Kingdom: Fairplay Publishing Limited. 1967.
