HM LST-406

{{Short description|1942 LST-1-class tank landing ship}}

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|Ship caption=HM LST-406 beached at Normandy with bow doors open and ramp down disembarking Crusader AA Mk III tank, "Allahkeef" of 22nd Armoured Brigade HQ, 7th Armoured Division ashore on 7 June 1944.

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|Ship country= United Kingdom

|Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}}

|Ship name=LST-406

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|Ship ordered= as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 926{{sfn|Bethlehem-Fairfield|2008}}

|Ship builder= Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland

|Ship yard number=2178{{sfn|Bethlehem-Fairfield|2008}}

|Ship laid down= 1 September 1942

|Ship launched= 28 October 1942

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|Ship commissioned= 26 December 1942

|Ship decommissioned= 11 April 1946

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|Ship identification=Hull symbol: LST-406

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|Ship fate= Returned to USN custody, 11 April 1946

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|Ship country= United States

|Ship flag= {{USN flag|1946}}

|Ship name=LST-406

|Ship acquired= 11 April 1946

|Ship struck= 10 June 1947

|Ship fate= Sold for scrapping, 5 December 1947 but reported to be in commercial service, as late as 1978

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|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}}

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|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}}

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HMS LST-406 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-406 was laid down on 1 September 1942, under Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 926, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; launched 28 October 1942; then transferred to the United Kingdom and commissioned on 26 December 1942.{{sfn|DANFS}}

==Service history==

LST-406 left Halifax, Nova Scotia, along with sister ships {{USS|LST-336||2}} and {{HMS|LST-319||2}}, in convoy SC 125 for Liverpool, 31 March 1943, arriving 14 April 1944.{{sfn|Navsource|2014}}

LST-406 saw no active service in the United States Navy. The tank landing ship was decommissioned and returned to United States Navy custody on 11 April 1946. She was struck from the Navy list on 10 June 1947. On 5 December 1947, LST-406 was sold to Bosey, Philippines, for scrapping.{{sfn|DANFS}} However, as late as 1978, she was reported to be in commercial service as Chung 116, flagged for the People's Republic of China.{{sfn|Navsource|2014}}

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  • {{cite DANFS

| url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/LST-406.html

| title = LST-406

| publisher = Naval History and Heritage Command

| access-date = 28 April 2017

| ref = {{sfnRef|DANFS}}

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  • {{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}}

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  • {{cite web

| url = http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160406.htm

| title= USS LST-406

| publisher= Navsource.org

| date= 31 October 2014

| access-date= 28 April 2017

| ref= {{sfnRef|Navsource|2014}}

}}

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