HMS LST-364

51°18′00″N 1°55′00″E / 51.300000°N 1.916667°E / 51.300000; 1.916667

HMS LST-364 in 1944
History
United Kingdom
Name	LST-364
Builder	Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy
Laid down	3 September 1942
Launched	26 October 1942
Sponsored by	Mrs. Harold B. Buse
Commissioned	7 December 1942
Stricken	11 July 1945
Fate	Sunk by Seehund, 22 February 1945
General characteristics
Class and type	LST-1-class tank landing ship
Displacement	4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full load 2,160 long tons (2,190 t) landing
Length	328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft Landing at 2,160 t: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
Installed power	2 × 900 hp (670 kW) Electro-Motive Diesel 12-567A diesel engines 1,700 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Falk main reduction gears 2 × Propellers
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
Capacity	2,100 tons oceangoing maximum 350 tons main deckload
Troops	16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement	13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament	Varied, ultimate armament 2 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors guns 4 × single 40 mm Bofors guns 12 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons

HMS LST-364 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship in the Royal Navy during World War II.^[1]

Construction and career[edit]

LST-364 was laid down on 3 September 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Launched on 26 October 1942 and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 7 December 1942.^[2]

During World War II, LST-364 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 22 January 1944, she took part in the Anzio invasion and later the Invasion of Normandy in June 1944.

She was struck from the Navy Register on 11 July 1945.^[1]

Citations[edit]

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.