Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Tank landing ship |
Class | LST (Mk 2) |
Pennant | LST 324 |
Built by | Philadelphia Navy Yard (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 10 Aug 1942 |
Launched | 5 Nov 1942 |
Commissioned | 23 Jan 1943 |
End service | 4 May 1946 |
History | Decommissioned and returned to the USN on 4 May 1946. |
Former name | USS LST 324 |
Commands listed for HMS LST 324 (LST 324)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Arthur James Bell, RNR | Jul 1943 | 15 Mar 1945 |
2 | A/Cdr. David Anthony Baily Abdy, RN | 15 Mar 1945 | Oct 1945 |
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Notable events involving LST 324 include:
2 Mar 1944
HMS LST-324 picks up 72 survivors from the British landing ship HMS LST-362 that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-744 about 370 nautical miles south-west of Cape Clear.