USS LST-27 beached alongside an unidentified LST in England early in June 1944, while loading out for the invasion of France.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | LST-27 |
Builder | Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Laid down | 10 December 1942 |
Launched | 27 April 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. R. R. Creed |
Commissioned | 16 June 1943 |
Decommissioned | 9 November 1945 |
Stricken | 28 November 1945 |
Identification |
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Honors and awards | 2 × battle stars |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 15 December 1947 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft |
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Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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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 craft carried | 2 or 6 x LCVPs |
Capacity |
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Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
Armament |
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Service record | |
Part of: | LST Flotilla 11 |
Operations: | Normandy landings (6–25 June 1944) |
Awards: |
USS LST-27 was a United States Navy LST-1-class tank landing ship used exclusively in the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater during World War II and manned by a United States Coast Guard crew. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.
LST-27 was laid down on 10 December 1942, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by the Dravo Corporation; launched on 27 April 1943; sponsored by Mrs. R. R. Creed; [2] and commissioned on 25 June 1943. [1]
On 4 April 1944, she was in the Mediterranean reaching Tunisia, on 13 April 1944. [3] There are records that indicate she traveled from Oran, Algeria, joining Convoy MKS 46 sometime after 9 April 1944, [4] arriving in Gibraltar on 21 April 1944. She departed Gibraltar on 22 April 1944, with Convoy MKS 46G [5] to rendezvous with Convoy SL 155 on April 23, 1944, arriving in Liverpool on 3 May 1944. [6]
She participated in the invasion at Omaha Beach. LST-27 departing from Trebah near Falmouth, Cornwall, [7] for the Normandy coast on 5 June 1944, transporting units of the 29th Infantry Division. She remained in British waters until 2 July 1944, when she departed for Norfolk, Virginia, arriving there on 17 July 1944. [3]
LST-27 was decommissioned on 9 November 1945, at Boston, [1] and was struck from the Navy list on 28 November 1945. On 15 December 1947, she was sold to the Rhode Island Navigation Co., of Newport, Rhode Island, for scrapping. [2]
LST-27 earned two battle stars for her World War II service. [2]
USS LST-27 beached alongside an unidentified LST in England early in June 1944, while loading out for the invasion of France.
| |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | LST-27 |
Builder | Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Laid down | 10 December 1942 |
Launched | 27 April 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. R. R. Creed |
Commissioned | 16 June 1943 |
Decommissioned | 9 November 1945 |
Stricken | 28 November 1945 |
Identification |
|
Honors and awards | 2 × battle stars |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 15 December 1947 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
Displacement |
|
Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft |
|
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 craft carried | 2 or 6 x LCVPs |
Capacity |
|
Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
Armament |
|
Service record | |
Part of: | LST Flotilla 11 |
Operations: | Normandy landings (6–25 June 1944) |
Awards: |
USS LST-27 was a United States Navy LST-1-class tank landing ship used exclusively in the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater during World War II and manned by a United States Coast Guard crew. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.
LST-27 was laid down on 10 December 1942, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by the Dravo Corporation; launched on 27 April 1943; sponsored by Mrs. R. R. Creed; [2] and commissioned on 25 June 1943. [1]
On 4 April 1944, she was in the Mediterranean reaching Tunisia, on 13 April 1944. [3] There are records that indicate she traveled from Oran, Algeria, joining Convoy MKS 46 sometime after 9 April 1944, [4] arriving in Gibraltar on 21 April 1944. She departed Gibraltar on 22 April 1944, with Convoy MKS 46G [5] to rendezvous with Convoy SL 155 on April 23, 1944, arriving in Liverpool on 3 May 1944. [6]
She participated in the invasion at Omaha Beach. LST-27 departing from Trebah near Falmouth, Cornwall, [7] for the Normandy coast on 5 June 1944, transporting units of the 29th Infantry Division. She remained in British waters until 2 July 1944, when she departed for Norfolk, Virginia, arriving there on 17 July 1944. [3]
LST-27 was decommissioned on 9 November 1945, at Boston, [1] and was struck from the Navy list on 28 November 1945. On 15 December 1947, she was sold to the Rhode Island Navigation Co., of Newport, Rhode Island, for scrapping. [2]
LST-27 earned two battle stars for her World War II service. [2]