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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | LST-362 |
| Builder | Bethlehem Steel Company,Quincy |
| Laid down | 10 August 1942 |
| Launched | 10 October 1942 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Francis E. M. Whiting |
| Commissioned | 16 November 1942 |
| Stricken | 28 April 1945 |
| Fate | Sunk 2 March 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | LST-1-classtank landing ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 328 ft (100 m)oa |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draft |
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| Installed power |
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| Propulsion |
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| 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 |
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| Troops | 16officers, 147enlisted men |
| Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
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HMSLST-362 was aLST-1-classtank landing ship in theRoyal Navy duringWorld War II.[1]
LST-362 waslaid down on 10 August 1942 byBethlehem Steel Company,Quincy,Massachusetts.Launched on 10 October 1942 andcommissioned into the Royal Navy on 16 November 1942.[2]
During World War II,LST-362 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle theater. She took part in theSicilian occupation inItaly from 9 to 15 July 1943 and 28 July to 17 August 1943. Then theSalerno landings from 9 to 21 September of the same year.
On 22 January 1944, she took part in theAnzio invasion. While returning from theMediterranean to the United Kingdom with the convoy MKS-40 inBiscay Bay area on 2 March later that year, she was struck by a torpedo fired by theU-744 on her starboard side. She was the only ship sunk in her convoy.[3]
She was struck from theNavy Register on 28 April 1945.[1]
