Allied Warships

USS LST 418 (LST 418)

Tank landing ship of the LST (Mk 2) class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeTank landing ship
ClassLST (Mk 2) 
PennantLST 418 
Built byBethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc. (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.) 
Ordered25 May 1942 
Laid down2 Nov 1942 
Launched30 Nov 1942 
Commissioned 
End service 
History

Never commissioned into the United States Navy.
Transferred to the Royal Navy upon completion.
While in service with the Royal Navy, LST 418 was torpedoed and sunk on 16 February 1944 off Anzio, Italy by the German submarine U-230.

 
Career notesTo the Royal Navy as LST 418

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