HMLST-9 beached atLabuan Island, Northwest Borneo, 1 November 1945. Members of the Australian2/17th Battalion disembarking intoDUKWs which carried them to their new camp on Labuan. The battalion had been withdrawn fromSeria.
History
United States
Name	LST-9
Builder	Dravo Corporation,Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Laid down	9 August 1942
Launched	14 November 1942
Sponsored by	Mrs. Katherine Moxin
Fate	Transferred to theRoyal Navy, 19 March 1943
United Kingdom
Name	LST-8
Acquired	19 March 1943
Commissioned	20 March 1943
Decommissioned	4 May 1946
Fate	Returned to US 1 June 1946
United States
Acquired	1 June 1946
Stricken	5 September 1948
Fate	Sold, 5 September 1948
General characteristics[1]
Type	LST-1-classtank landing ship
Displacement	1,625long tons (1,651 t) (light) 4,080 long tons (4,150 t) (full (seagoingdraft with 1,675short tons (1,520 t) load) 2,366 long tons (2,404 t) (beaching)
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)Electro-Motive Diesel12-567Adiesel engines 1,700 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Falk mainreduction gears 2 ×Propellers
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 (4,020 t)
Capacity	1,600–1,900short tons (1,500–1,700 t)cargo
Troops	163
Complement	117
Armament	Varied
Service record
Operations:	Invasion of Sicily Invasion of Reggio Invasion ofVibo Valentia Normandy landings Invasion of Malaya

HMLST-9 was a tank landing ship of the Royal Navy in World War II.

Built in the United States as aLST-1-classtank landing ship, she was transferred to theRoyal Navy in March 1943.After serving in the Mediterranean, Normandy and the Far East, LST-9 was returned to theUS Navy in June 1946.

LST-9 was laid down on 9 August 1942, atPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by theDravo Corporation; launched on 14 November 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Katherine Moxin; transferred to the Royal Navy on 19 March 1943,^[2] and commissioned the following day.^[1]

LST-9 sailed fromHampton Roads, Virginia, for the Mediterranean on 14 May 1943, withconvoy UGS 8A, arriving inOran,French Algeria, sometime before 8 June 1943.^[3]

She participated in theinvasion of Sicily, thelandings at Reggio, the invasion ofVibo Valentia, and theAnzio landings in theMediterranean theatre, and theNormandy landings in theEuropean theatre.^[1]

She made 57 ferry trips across theStrait of Messina.LST-9 was refit atLeith, Scotland, from 11 April to 3 June 1944, setting out from Leith in time for theNormandy landings. On 25 January 1945, she collided with ajetty at thePort of Tilbury. In April 1945, she was atAntwerp, Belgium, for minor defect repairs before being refitted at Antwerp from May to June 1945.^[1]

LST-9 also participated in theOperation Zipper landings in Malaya. She was decommissioned on 4 May 1946, atSubic Bay, Philippines.^[1]LST-9 was returned to the US Navy on 1 June 1946, struck from theNavy list on 3 July 1946 and sold to Bosey, Philippines on 5 September 1948.^[2]

• Photo gallery of HMLST-9 at NavSource Naval History

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