HM LST-404
{{short description|Tank landing ship}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=HM LST-404 Salerno 12 September 1943.jpg |Ship caption=HM LST-404 off the invasion beaches at Salerno, 12 September 1943, LST-404 and two unidentified PT boats are seen with {{USS|Ancon|AGC-4|2}} in the background. }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country= United Kingdom |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}} |Ship name=LST-404 |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 924{{sfn|Bethlehem-Fairfield|2008}} |Ship builder= Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland |Ship yard number=2176{{sfn|Bethlehem-Fairfield|2008}} |Ship laid down= 27 August 1942 |Ship launched= 28 October 1942 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= 16 December 1942 |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification=Hull symbol: LST-404 |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship fate= Returned to USN custody, 14 October 1944 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=title |Ship country= United States |Ship flag= {{USN flag|1946}} |Ship name=LST-404 |Ship acquired= 14 October 1944 |Ship struck= 21 October 1945 |Ship fate= Sold for scrapping, November 1946 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption={{sfn|Navsource|2016}} |Ship class={{sclass|LST-1|tank landing ship}} |Ship displacement={{LST-1 class tank landing ship displacement}} |Ship length={{LST-1 class tank landing ship length}} |Ship beam={{LST-1 class tank landing ship beam}} |Ship draft={{LST-1 class tank landing ship draft}} |Ship depth= |Ship power={{LST-1 class tank landing ship power}} |Ship propulsion={{LST-1 class tank landing ship propulsion}} |Ship speed= {{LST-1 class tank landing ship speed}} |Ship range={{LST-1 class tank landing ship range}} |Ship boats= {{LST-1 class tank landing ship boats}} |Ship capacity={{LST-1 class tank landing ship capacity}} |Ship troops=163 |Ship complement=117 |Ship armament={{RN LST-1 class tank landing ship armament}} |Ship armor= |Ship notes= }} |
HM LST-404 was a United States Navy {{sclass|LST-1|tank landing ship}} that was transferred to the Royal Navy during World War II. As with many of her class, the ship was never named. Instead, she was referred to by her hull designation.
Construction
LST-404 was laid down on 27 August 1942, under Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 924, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; launched 28 October 1942; then transferred to the United Kingdom and commissioned on 16 December 1942.{{sfn|DANFS}}
==Service history==
LST-404 was used to transport elements of the 179th Regimental Combat Team to "Beach Blue" during the Salerno landings in Italy, 10 September 1943.{{sfn|Navsource|2016}}
On the afternoon of 15 August 1944, LST-404 was returning to England from the Normandy beachhead, as part of convoy FTM 69, with wounded personnel, casualties, and prisoners of war, when she was torpedoed by {{GS|U-741||2}} about {{convert|35|mi}} southeast of St. Catherine's Point. ({{coord|50|02|N|0|38|W|display=inline}}) LST-413 was able to get alongside LST-404 and take off the passengers and crew, however, eight crewmen and several POWs were killed in the torpedo explosion. {{USS|ATR-4||2}} took LST-404 in tow and took her to St. Helen's Roads, Isle of Wight, and then on to Lee-on-Solent, on 16 August.{{sfn|Helgason}}
LST-404 saw no active service in the United States Navy. The tank landing ship was struck from the Navy list on 14 October 1944. She was decommissioned, returned to United States Navy custody on 21 October 1945, sold through the auspices of the State Department in November 1946,{{sfn|DANFS}} and was broken up in June 1948, at Zeebrugge.{{sfn|Helgason}}
See also
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Bibliography
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Online resources
- {{cite DANFS
| url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/LST-404.html
| title = LST-404
| publisher = Naval History and Heritage Command
| access-date = 28 April 2017
| ref = {{sfnRef|DANFS}}
}}{{PD-notice}}
- {{cite web
| url = http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/bethfairfield.htm
| title = Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore MD
| publisher = www.ShipbuildingHistory.com
| date = 14 August 2008
| access-date = 28 April 2017
| ref = {{sfnRef|Bethlehem-Fairfield|2008}}
}}
- {{cite web
| url = http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160404.htm
| title= USS LST-404
| publisher= Navsource.org
| date= 16 September 2016
| access-date= 28 April 2017
| ref= {{sfnRef|Navsource|2016}}
}}
- {{cite web
|url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3556.html
|title=HMS LST-404
|last=Helgason
|first=Guðmundur
|website=German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net
|access-date=28 April 2017
}}
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External links
- {{navsource|10/16/160404|LST-404}}
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Category:Ships built in Baltimore
Category:LST-1-class tank landing ships of the Royal Navy
Category:World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United Kingdom