 USSLST-326 offAnzio on 15 April 1944 | |
| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | LST-326 |
| Builder | Philadelphia Navy Yard,Philadelphia |
| Laid down | 12 November 1942 |
| Launched | 11 February 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Mildred E. Kelly |
| Commissioned | 26 February 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 1 May 1946 |
| Stricken | 26 February 1946 |
| Identification |
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| Honors and awards | SeeAwards |
| Fate | Transferred toRoyal Navy, 18 December 1944 |
| History | |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | LST-326 |
| Commissioned | 18 December 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 16 March 1946 |
| Fate | Returned to the United States |
| History | |
 France | |
| Name | Liamone |
| Namesake | Liamone |
| Commissioned | 5 April 1946 |
| Decommissioned | 1951 |
| Reclassified | L9000 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K06 |
| 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) |
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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 |
| Armament |
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USSLST-326 was aLST-1-classtank landing ship in theUnited States Navy duringWorld War II. She was later sold to France asLiamone (K06).[1]
LST-326 waslaid down on 12 November 1942 atPhiladelphia Navy Yard,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.Launched on 11 February 1943 andcommissioned on 26 February 1943.[2]
LST-326 became aCoast Guard manned vessel after her crew and officers were exchanged withUSS LST-175 on 25 August 1943.
During World War II,LST-223 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East theater. She took part in theInvasion of Sicilian from 9 to 15 July 1943.
She participated in theAnzio-Nettuno landings from 22 January to 2 February 1944 and theInvasion of Normandy from 6 to 25 June 1944.
LST-326 wasdecommissioned on 18 December 1944 and transferred to the Royal Navy.
She was struck from theNavy Register on 26 February 1946.[1]
HMSLST-326 was commissioned on 18 December 1944 and was part of W Task Force which participated in therecapture of Rangoon, before proceeding to the eventualinvasion of Malaya atMorib andPort Swettenham, and toSingapore andBangkok doing relief work repatriating exP.O.W.s of the Japanese.
She was paid off to Singapore and returned to US Navy custody atSubic Bay,Philippines, 16 March 1946.
Not long after returning to the US, she was again sold to France on 5 April 1946.
She was transferred to theFrench Navy and commissioned on 5 April 1946 with the nameLiamone (K06) and later reclassified as L9000.[3]
Liamone took part in theFirst Indochina War between 19 December 1946 to 1 August 1954.
The ship was out of service in 1951 and later sold for scrap.
LST-326 have earned the following awards:
