History
United States
Name	LST-80
Builder	Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co.,Jeffersonville
Laid down	16 March 1943
Launched	18 May 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. Jane G. Bonnie
Commissioned	12 July 1943
Fate	Transferred toRoyal Navy
History
United Kingdom
Name	LST-80
Commissioned	19 July 1943
Stricken	11 July 1945
Fate	Sunk bynaval mines, 20 March 1945
General characteristics
Class & type	LST-1-classtank landing ship
Displacement	4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full load 2,160 long tons (2,190 t) landing
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
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 (4,024 t)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 or 6 xLCVPs
Capacity	2,100 tons oceangoing maximum 350 tons main deckload
Troops	16officers, 147enlisted men
Complement	13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament	Varied, ultimate armament 2 × twin40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors guns 4 × single 40 mm Bofors guns 12 ×20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons

USSLST-80 was aLST-1-classtank landing ship in theRoyal Navy duringWorld War II.^[1]

LST-80 waslaid down on 16 March 1943 atJeffersonville Boat and Machine Co.,Jeffersonville,Indiana.Launched on 18 May 1943 and commissioned on 7 July 1943. The ship was later transferred to theRoyal Navy andcommissioned on 19 July 1943.^[2] The ship was assigned 9th LST Flotilla.

She took part in theInvasion of Normandy, June 1944.

While underway in Convoy ATM97, she was sunk by two naval mines offOstend,Belgium, 20 March 1945.

LST-80 was struck from theNavy Register on 11 July 1945.^[1]

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• World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United Kingdom
• Ships built in Jeffersonville, Indiana
• 1943 ships
• LST-1-class tank landing ships of the Royal Navy
• Ships sunk by mines
• Naval ships of Operation Neptune

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