USS LST-11
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| Name: | USS LST-11 |
| Builder: | Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Laid down: | 8 August 1942 |
| Launched: | 18 November 1942 |
| Sponsored by: | Miss Virginia Fowler |
| Status: | Transferred to the United Kingdom 22 March 1943 |
| History | |
 United Kingdom |
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| Name: | HM LST-11 |
| Acquired: | 22 March 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 23 March 1943 |
| Out of service: | Returned to US Naval custody, 13 May 1946 |
| Struck: | 5 June 1946 |
| Fate: | sold, 5 December 1947, to Bosey, Philippines, fate unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
| Displacement: |
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| Length: | 328 ft (100 m) |
| Beam: | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draft: | Varied, depending on load |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
6 LCVP |
| Capacity: | between 1600 and 1900 tons |
| Troops: | 14 officers, 131 enlisted men |
| Complement: | 129 officers and enlisted men |
| Armament: |
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USS LST-11 was an LST-1 class tank landing ship of the United States Navy. LST-11 was transferred to the Royal Navy in early 1943 to serve in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, the Normandy Invasion, and to the Pacific Theater of Operations during 1944 and 1945. LST-11 was returned to the United States Navy in May 1946 and on 5 December 1947, she was sold to Bosey, Philippines. [1]
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Construction
LST-2 was laid down on 23 June 1942 by the Dravo Corporation in Pittsburgh, launched on 19 September 1942, sponsored by Nancy Jane Hughes[2] and commissioned on 9 February 1943 with Lieutenant John R. Hogan, USNR in command.
Service
Mediterranean and European operations
LST-11 was assigned to the European theater and participated in the following operations:
- Anzio Advanced Landings - January 1944
- Invasion of Normandy - 6–25 June 1944
Pacific operations
LST-11 was assigned to the Pacific theater and participated in the following operation:
- Recapture of Malaya - September 1945
She was returned to the US Navy in Subic Bay on 13 April 1946 and struck on 5 June 1947.
Postwar
LST-11 was sold on 5 December 1947 to a private owner in the Philippines. Her final disposition is not known.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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- 1942 ships
- Ships built in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- LST-1-class tank landing ships of the United States Navy
- LST-1-class tank landing ships of the Royal Navy
- World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
- World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United Kingdom
