![]() HM LST-404 off the invasion beaches at Salerno, 12 September 1943, LST-404 and two unidentified PT boats are seen with Ancon in the background.
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History |
United Kingdom |
Name | LST-404 |
Ordered | as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 924 |
Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland |
Yard number | 2176 |
Laid down | 27 August 1942 |
Launched | 28 October 1942 |
Commissioned | 16 December 1942 |
Identification | Hull symbol: LST-404 |
Fate | Returned to USN custody, 14 October 1944 |
United States |
Name | LST-404 |
Acquired | 14 October 1944 |
Stricken | 21 October 1945 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, November 1946 |
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
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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
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Installed power | |
Propulsion | |
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
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Troops | 163 |
Complement | 117 |
Armament | |