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HM LST-13

HM FDT-13, ex-LST-13, 23 March 1944, Greenock, Scotland.
History
United States
NameLST-13
BuilderDravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Laid down1 September 1942
Launched5 January 1943
Sponsored byMrs. Jean A. Brackmann
FateTransferred to the Royal Navy, 3 April 1943
United Kingdom
Name
  • LST-13 (1943–1944)
  • FDT-13 (1944–1946)
Acquired3 April 1943
Commissioned3 April 1943
Out of service27 February 1946
ReclassifiedFighter Direction Tender, January 1944
FateReturned to US Naval custody, 27 February 1946
United States
Acquired27 February 1946
Stricken5 June 1946
FateSold for scrapping, 11 October 1947
General characteristics [1]
TypeLST-1-class tank landing ship
Displacement
  • 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full load
  • 2,160 long tons (2,190 t) landing
Length328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam50 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
Propulsion
Speed12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range24,000 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
Troops163
Complement117
Armament
Service record
Operations: Normandy landings (6–13 June 1944)

HM LST-13 was an LST-1-class tank landing ship of the United States Navy built during World War II. She was transferred to the Royal Navy in April 1943, before being commissioned into the USN. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.

Construction

LST-13 was laid down on 1 September 1942, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by the Dravo Corporation; launched on 5 January 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Jean A. Brackmann; transferred to the Royal Navy on 3 April 1943,[2] and commissioned the same day.[1]

Service history

LST-13 left Galveston, Texas, on 10 April 1943, with Convoy HK 168, en route to Key West, Florida, arriving 14 April 1943.[3]

LST-13 left from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Liverpool on 18 May 1943, with convoy SC 131, carrying general cargo, however, due to defects she had to return to Halifax.[4] She then sailed with convoy SC 132 on 26 May 1943, arriving in Liverpool 11 June 1943.[5]

LST-13 was sent to the Clyde area where she remained until November 1943. She then sailed for Southampton but returned to Clydebank 31 December 1943. She was sent to the John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Shipyards to be converted into a Fighter Direction Tender, being redesignated FDT-13 in January 1944.[1]

FDT-13 participated in the Invasion of Normandy from 6–13 June 1944. She provided aircraft control for both US and British fighters defending the main shipping route from the United Kingdom to the invasion beaches in France.[1]

Final disposition

FDT-13 was returned to the US Navy on 27 February 1946, at Norfolk, Virginia, and struck from the Naval Register on 5 June 1946. FDT-13 was sold on 11 October 1947, to Luria Brothers, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Navsource 2017.
  2. ^ a b DANFS.
  3. ^ Convoy HK 170.
  4. ^ Convoy SC 131.
  5. ^ Convoy SC 132.

Bibliography

Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_LST-13