NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
LST3008	L3008		Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK	1944	31.10.1944	5.1945 // 7.1946	sold 6.1950
LST3014	L3014		Barclay Curle, Whiteinch, UK	4.1944	11.11.1944	3.1945 // 7.1946	sold 6.1950
LST3017, 12.1948- Tarakan	L3017		Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn, UK	1944	28.11.1944	6.1945 // 7.1946	sold 3.1954
LST3022	L3022		Lithgows, Glasgow, UK	1944	26.1.1945	10.1945 // 7.1946	stricken 6.1950
LST3035, 12.1948- Lae	L3035		Denny, Dumbarton, UK	1944	24.10.1944	3.1945 // 7.1946	sold 11.1955
LST3501, 12.1948- Labuan	L3501		Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	3.1944	24.8.1944	5.1945 // 7.1946	sold 11.1955

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	2300 light
Displacement full, t	4980
Length, m	105.9
Breadth, m	16.8
Draught, m	3.79 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	5500
Max speed, kts	13.5
Fuel, t	oil 1400
Endurance, nm(kts)	8000(11)
Armament	(2 x 2 - 40/60 RP.50 Mk V, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III) or (4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III)
Military load	5 LCA, 1 LCT(6), 15 40t or 20 25t tanks, 14 3t trucks, 170 troops
Electronic equipment	nav. radar
Complement	111

Project history

Last British version of LST, however application of heavier VTE and riveted hull instead of welded has led to that the British variant yielded American on all parametres, except speed.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.