| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Builder | Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy |
| Laid down | 10 August 1942 |
| Launched | 10 October 1942 |
| Sponsor | Mrs. Francis E. M. Whiting |
| Commissioned | 16 November 1942 |
| Struck | 28 April 1945 |
| Fate | Sunk 2 March 1944 |
| Class | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
|---|---|
| Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
| Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
HMS LST-362 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship in the Royal Navy during World War II.[1]
Construction and career
LST-362 was laid down on 10 August 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Launched on 10 October 1942 and commissioned 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 the Sicilian occupation in Italy from 9 to 15 July 1943 and 28 July to 17 August 1943. Then the Salerno landings from 9 to 21 September of the same year.
On 22 January 1944, she took part in the Anzio invasion. While returning from the Mediterranean to the United Kingdom with the convoy MKS-40 in Biscay Bay area on 2 March later that year, she was struck by a torpedo fired by the U-744 on her starboard side. She was the only ship sunk in her convoy.[3]
She was struck from the Navy Register on 28 April 1945.[1]
Citations
- ^ "Tank Landing Ship LST". NavSource. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- ^ "History of LST - 311 - 349". www.historycentral.com. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- ^ "HMS LST-362 (British Landing ship) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
Sources
- United States. Dept. of the Treasury (1962). Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic and Other Laws, Volume 97. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- Moore, Capt. John (1984). Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710607959.
- Saunders, Stephen (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710628886.
- Fairplay International Shipping Journal Volume 222. United Kingdom: Fairplay Publishing Limited. 1967.