Difference between revisions of "HM LST 346"
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| caption = 23 Nov 1945 HM LST-346 about to dock at Morotai. AWM photo | | caption = 23 Nov 1945 HM LST-346 about to dock at Morotai. AWM photo | ||
| image2 = [[File:HM_LST_346-2.jpg]] | | image2 = [[File:HM_LST_346-2.jpg]] | ||
− | | caption2 = 22 Apr 1943 USS LST-346 loading an M-10 tank destroyer. US Army Signal Corps | + | | caption2 = 22 Apr 1943 USS LST-346 loading an M-10 tank destroyer. US Army Signal Corps Photograph Collection |
− | Photograph Collection | + | | shipname = HM LST 3436 |
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| shipowner = US Navy / British Navy | | shipowner = US Navy / British Navy | ||
| shipbuilder = US Navy Yard | | shipbuilder = US Navy Yard | ||
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| shipoutofservice2 = | | shipoutofservice2 = | ||
| shipreclassified = | | shipreclassified = | ||
− | | shipID = | + | | shipID = NYXZ |
| shipfate = sold to Bosey, Phillippines | | shipfate = sold to Bosey, Phillippines | ||
| shiptype = Class 1 Tank Landing SHip | | shiptype = Class 1 Tank Landing SHip |
Revision as of 18:27, 1 March 2023
Armament:
- 2 - Twin 40MM gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors
- 4 - Single 40MM gun mounts
- 12 single 20MM gun mounts
Contents
Remarks
Laid down atthe US Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth Virginia on 17 Oct 1942, she was launched on 15 December. On 25 Jan 1943 she was commissioned as USS LST 346. Initially consigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East theatre, she participated in the Sicilian occupation 9 - 15 Jul 1943; Salerno landings 9 - 21 Sep 1943; and the Invasion of Normandy - 25 Jun 1944. On 20 Nov 1944 she was decommissioned and transferred to the Royal Navy.
HM LST 346 underwent a refit at Leith, Scotland before being sent to the Pacific Theatre where it participated n the re-occupation of Malaya and the return of soldiers and material from Morotai to Australia beore being paid off and returned to US Navy custody on 4 May 1946. he US Navy removed her from their Naval Register on 19 Jun 1946 and she was sold in the Phillippines on 5 Dec 1947.
Soldiers carried
Balikpapan to Morotai 16 - 23 November 1945
- Robert Ralph Thompson - see top photo