USS LST-511

USS LST-511 off Omaha Beach, on D-Day, 6 June 1944
History
United States
Name	LST-511
Builder	Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, Seneca, Illinois
Laid down	22 July 1943
Launched	30 November 1943
Commissioned	3 January 1944
Decommissioned	19 December 1945
Stricken	8 January 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: LST-511 Code letters: NDYD IMO number: 5138656
Honours and awards	1 × battle stars
Fate	Sold, 17 February 1948, foundered 1992
General characteristics
Class and type	LST-491-class tank landing ship
Displacement	1,625 long tons (1,651 t) (light) 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) (full (seagoing draft with 1,675 short tons (1,520 t) load)
Length	328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	Unloaded: 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward; 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft Landing with 500 short tons (450 t) load: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
Installed power	2 × 900 hp (670 kW) General Motors 12-567A diesel engines, 1,700 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Falk main reduction gears 2 × screws
Speed	11.6 kn (21.5 km/h; 13.3 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	1 x LCT
Capacity	1,600–1,900 st (22,000–27,000 lb; 10,000–12,000 kg) cargo depending on mission
Troops	16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement	16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Armament	2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors guns 4 × single 40mm Bofors guns 12 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons

USS LST-511 was an LST-491-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II.

Construction[edit]

LST-511 was laid down on 22 July 1943, at Seneca, Illinois, by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company; launched on 30 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs. James V. Gaynor; and commissioned on 3 January 1944.^[1]

Service history[edit]

During World War II, LST-511 was assigned to the European Theater and participated in the invasion of Normandy in June 1944.^[1] LST-511 was one of the eight LSTs participating in "Exercise Tiger", a practice for D-Day on 28 April, during which German E-boats attacked, hitting three of the eight LSTs. Two sank immediately and the third was towed to port by its own LCVPs. Designated as a hospital ship for the invasion with two doctors and a contingent of corpsmen, she completed 50 round trips from English ports to the Normandy beaches.^[2]

Upon her return to the United States, she was decommissioned on 19 December 1945, and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 8 January 1946. On 17 February 1948 the ship was sold to the Anglo-Canadian Pulp & Paper Mills of Quebec, Canada, for operation^[1] and renamed Guy Bartholomew. She was then subsequently purchased by Agence Maritime, and the renamed Fort Kent. She was in service into the 1970s. She foundered 7 December 1992, off Long Harbour, Newfoundland.^{[citation needed]}

LST-511 received one battle star for World War II service.

See also[edit]

• List of United States Navy LSTs

References[edit]

• "LST-511". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 26 April 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• "LST-511". NavSource Online. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2021.