Allied Warships

HMS LST 420 (LST 420)

Tank landing ship of the LST class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeTank landing ship
ClassLST 
PennantLST 420 
Built byBethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc. (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down6 Nov 1942 
Launched5 Dec 1942 
Commissioned15 Feb 1943 
Lost7 Nov 1944 
Loss position
 
History

Mined and sunk in the English Channel on 7 November 1944.

 
Former nameUSS LST 420

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CommanderFromTo
1A/Lt.Cdr. Joseph Frank Twite, RNRJul 194320 Jul 1944
2T/A/Lt.Cdr. Douglas Harold Everett, RNR20 Jul 19447 Nov 1944 (+)

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