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A Landing Ship, Tank (LST) is a ship first developed during World War II (1939–1945) to support amphibious operations by carrying tanks, vehicles, cargo, and landing troops directly onto a low-slope beach with no docks or piers.
LST-420 was a Royal Navy tank landing ship of World War II, built as a LST-1-class tank landing ship (LST Mk 2) in the US that was transferred to UK. She was lost on 7 November 1944, after hitting a mine in heavy seas off Ostend, Belgium, sinking with great loss of life, particularly amongst her Royal Air Force passengers.
USS LST 393 is an LST-1-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. She is one of only two LSTs to survive in original configuration; 1,051 were built. She is now a museum ship in Muskegon, Michigan.
A full list of United States Navy LSTs.The Landing Ship, Tanks (LSTs) built for the United States Navy during and immediately after World War II were only given an LST-number hull designation, but on 1 July 1955, county or Louisiana-parish names were assigned to those ships which remained in service.
The United States Navy built nearly 1,200 tank landing ships, classified as "Landing Ship, Tank" or "LST", from the World War II-era up through the early 1970s. [47] The Newport class, which entered service in 1969, would be the last class built and the only class capable of exceeding 20 knots.
USS LST-342 was an LST-1-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. LST-342 was laid down on 21 August 1942 by the Norfolk Navy Yard; launched on 8 November 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Philip H. Ryan; and commissioned on 31 December 1942.
USS LST-1 was an LST-1-class tank landing ship of the United States Navy built during World War II.She was the lead ship in her class of 390 and like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.
USS LST-491 was the lead ship of her class of tank landing ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.