| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Tank landing ship |
| Class | LST |
| Pennant | LST 414 |
| Built by | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc. (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 18 Oct 1942 |
| Launched | 21 Nov 1942 |
| Commissioned | |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Never commissioned into the United States Navy. Transferred to the Royal Navy upon completion. While in service with the Royal Navy, LST 414 was torpedoed and damaged at 0335 hours on 15 August 1943 by Italian aircraft off Bizerte, Tunisia. The ship was beached and abandoned. The Italian aircraft was an S.79 torpedo bomber belonging to the 278^ Sqn,132nd Group, piloted bv captain Carlo Faggioni, which had taken off from Decimomannu airfield, Sardinia. |
| Career notes | To the Royal Navy as LST 414 |
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