History United Kingdom Name LST-429 Ordered as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 949 Builder Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard , Baltimore , MarylandYard number 2201 Laid down 16 November 1942 Launched 11 January 1943 Commissioned 20 February 1943 Stricken 24 November 1943 Identification Hull symbol : LST-429Fate Lost in action, 3 July 1943 General characteristics Class and type LST-1 -classtank landing ship Displacement
1,625 long tons (1,651 t ) (light)
4,080 long tons (4,145 t) (full (seagoing draft with 1,675 short tons (1,520 t ) load)
2,366 long tons (2,404 t) (beaching)
Length 328 ft (100 m ) oa Beam 50 ft (15 m) Draft
Unloaded: 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward; 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft
Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft
Landing with 500 short tons (450 t) load: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
Installed power Propulsion 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 2 x LCVPs Capacity 1,600–1,900 short tons (3,200,000–3,800,000 lb ; 1,500,000–1,700,000 kg ) cargo depending on mission Troops 163 Complement 117 Armament
HMS LST-429 was a United States Navy LST-1 -classtank landing ship that was transferred to the Royal Navy during World War II. As with many of her class, the ship was never named. Instead, she was referred to by her hull designation.
Construction
LST-429 was laid down on 16 November 1942, under Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 949, by the Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard , Baltimore , Maryland; launched 11 January 1943; then transferred to the United Kingdom and commissioned on 20 February 1943.
Service history
The ship was sunk due to a fire while in Royal Navy service in July 1943, northwest of Zuwarah , Libya. On 24 November 1943, LST-429 was struck from the Navy list .
The wreck is located at: 33°05′N 11°52′E / 33.083°N 11.867°E / 33.083; 11.867
LST-1-class tank landing ships
LST-100 — LST-199
LST-100 — LST-116 cancelledLST-117 / LST(H)-117 / T-LST-117 LST-118 / LST(H)-118 LST-119 LST-120 LST-121 / LST(H)-121 LST-122 LST-123 / LST(H)-123 LST-124 LST-125 LST-126 LST-127 LST-128 LST-129 / Cohasset LST-130 LST-131 LST-132 Zeus LST-133 LST-134 LST-135 Orestes LST-136 Egeria LST-137 LST-138 LST-139 LST-140 LST-141 LST-142 — LST-156 cancelledLST-157 LST-158 LST-159 LST-160 LST-161 LST-162 LST-163 LST-164 LST-165 LST-166 LST-167 LST-168 LST-169 LST-170 LST-171 LST-172 LST-173 LST-174 LST-175 LST-176 / T-LST-176 LST-177 LST-178 LST-179 LST-180 LST-181 LST-182 — LST-196 cancelledLST-197 LST-198 LST-199
MARCOM ships built by Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland, during World War II
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in July 1943
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in July 1943
Shipwrecks
2 Jul: Hoihow 3 Jul: U-126 U-628 LST-429 4 Jul: City of Venice 5 Jul: USS Strong , U-535 6 Jul: USS Helena , Erg Nagatsuki Niizuki 7 Jul: U-951 8 Jul: U-232 U-514 9 Jul: Samuel Heintzelman U-435 U-590 10 Jul: USS Maddox , USS Sentinel Alice F. Palmer 11 Jul: Flutto 12 Jul: HMS California , Duchess of York U-409 U-506 U-561 13 Jul: Acciaio USS Gwin , Jintsū Timothy Pickering U-487 U-607 14 Jul: I-179 U-160 15 Jul: U-135 U-509 U-759 16 Jul: U-67 17 Jul: Hatsuyuki 19 Jul: U-513 20 Jul: Kiyonami U-558 Yūgure 21 Jul: Empire Florizel U-662 22 Jul: Nisshin 23 Jul: U-527 U-598 U-613 24 Jul: U-459 U-622 25 Jul: Vaterland Weissesee Max Gundelach 26 Jul: El Argentino U-359 27 Jul: Hamburg I-168 28 Jul: Ariake Mikazuki U-159 U-404 29 Jul: Pietro Micca U-614 30 Jul: U-43 U-375 U-461 U-462 U-504 U-591 31 Jul: U-199 Unknown date: HMS Parthian , Ro-103 Ro-107 U-647 Sidney Other incidents
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