USS LST-6
LST-1-class tank landing ship
History
United States
Name USS LST-6
Builder Dravo Corporation , Wilmington, Delaware
Laid down 20 July 1942
Launched 21 October 1942
Sponsored by Mrs. H.E. Haven
Commissioned 30 January 1943
Stricken 22 December 1944
Honors and awards 3 battle stars (WWII)
Fate Mined and sunk 17 November 1944
General characteristics
Class and type LST-1 -class tank landing ship
Displacement
1,625 long tons (1,651 t) light
4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full
Length 328 ft (100 m)
Beam 50 ft (15 m)
Draft Varied, depending on load
Speed 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried 6 LCVP
Capacity between 1600 and 1900 tons
Troops 14 officers, 131 enlisted men
Complement 129 officers and enlisted men
Armament
2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts w/Mk.51 directors
4 × single 40 mm gun mounts
12 × single 20 mm gun mounts
USS LST-6 was an LST-1 -class tank landing ship of the United States Navy . LST-6 served in the European Theater of Operations , participating in the Allied invasion of Sicily , the Salerno Landings , and the Normandy landings . She hit a mine in the English Channel on 17 November 1944 and sank in six fathoms (36 feet) of water the same day.[ 1]
Construction
LST-6 was laid down on 20 July 1942 at Dravo Corporation in Wilmington, Delaware , launched on 21 October 1942, sponsored by Mrs. H. E. Haven;[ 2] and commissioned on 30 January 1943.[ 2]
Service history
LST-6 was assigned to the European Theatre and participated in the following operations, for which she received three battle stars:[ 2]
LST-6 participated in the landings at Omaha Beach as part of Assault Group O3.[ 3] In August 1944, Lieutenant W.H. Weddle took command. LST-6 struck a mine and sank in the English Channel while returning from a supply movement from Portland to Rouen on 17 November 1944. She was struck from the Navy List on 22 December 1944.[ 1] [ 2]
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . The entry can be found here .
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in November 1944
Shipwrecks
1 Nov: USS Abner Read , TA20 , HMS Whitaker
2 Nov: Fort Lee
3 Nov: Akikaze
5 Nov: Kiebitz , Nachi , PB-107 , TA21
7 Nov: USS Albacore , HM LST-420
8 Nov: USS Growler
9 Nov: U-537
10 Nov: Gokoku Maru , USS Mount Hood
11 Nov: Hamanami , Naganami , USS Scamp , Shimakaze , U-771 , U-1200 , Wakatsuki
12 Nov: HMAS Marlean , Tirpitz
13 Nov: Akebono , Akishimo , Hatsuharu , Hatsu Maru , I-12 , I-38 , Kiso , Okinami
17 Nov: USS LST-6 , Mayasan Maru , NKI 01 , Shin'yō (ex-Scharnhorst )
18 Nov: I-41 , Seisho Maru
20 Nov: USS Mississinewa , HMAS ML 827
21 Nov: Kongō , Urakaze
22 Nov: Hokkai Maru , HMS Stratagem
24 Nov: Hansa
25 Nov: Kumano , HMCS Shawinigan , Shimotsuki , Sumida , U-482 , Yasoshima
27 Nov: Rigel
28 Nov: U-80 , PB-105 , Yu 2
29 Nov: Fushimi , I-365 , Shinano
Unknown date: Mogador , U-479 , U-1020
Other incidents
10 Nov: USS Abarenda , USS Alhena , USS Argonne , USS Aries , USS Cacapon , USS Cebu , HMS Hydra , USS Kyne , USS Lyman , USS Mindanao , USS Oberrender , USS Petrof Bay , USS Piedmont , USS Potawatomi , USS Preserver , USS Saginaw Bay , USS Talbot , USS Walter C. Wann , USS YMS-238 , USS Young
13 Nov: U-1052
17 Nov: HMAS ML 827 , Seisho Maru
23 Nov: Gus W. Darnell
27 Nov: USS Gar
28 Nov: USS Spearfish
30 Nov: HMS Duff