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LST Mk. 1 Class overview Capacity 13 Churchill tanks or 20 medium tanks, 27 vehicles on upper deck, 193 men Complement 169 Armament 4 × QF 2 pdr 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon 2 × 4-inch smoke mortars Notes Equipment: 1 × 40 ton crane16 more rows
v And as plans for Operation Overlord were being formulated, the Navy identified the LST as the primary casualty transport. Between June 6th and June 11th 1944, 106 of the 144 LSTs at Normandy were designated for casualty evacuation.
The American-built LST Mk2, or LST(2), was 328 feet in length and 50 feet wide. It could carry 2,100 tons. Built into the bow were two doors that opened outward to a width of 14 feet.
1,051 LSTs were built for WWII. Churchill called it “The Ship That Won the War.” The Tank Deck is 230' long x 28' wide x 12' high and could hold 20 Sherman Tanks (33 tons each) or 16 Marine Landing Vehicle Trackeds (LVTs, 30 tons each).
LST Mk. 2 Class overview Boats & landing craft carried 2 to 6 LCVPs Troops About 140 officers and other ranks Complement 8 to 10 officers, 100 to 115 enlisted Armament 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun 6 × 40 mm Bofors guns 6 × 20 mm guns 2 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns 4 × .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine guns19 more rows
The first LST to be commissioned was the LST-382 on 27 October 1942. It had taken 133 days from keel laying to commissioning, but by 1944, LSTs were being turned out in two months apiece. Each ship's complement was usually around 110, the officers sometimes naval reservists or Coast Guardsmen.
The LST-325—the last fully operational WWII Landing Ship Tank (LST)—is open for tours seasonally throughout the year in her home port of Evansville, Indiana. She leaves port in the early fall to sail the nation's inland rivers.
