HM LST-407

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|Ship country= United Kingdom

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|Ship name=LST-407

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|Ship ordered= as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 927{{sfn|Bethlehem-Fairfield|2008}}

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

|Ship yard number=2179{{sfn|Bethlehem-Fairfield|2008}}

|Ship laid down= 2 September 1942

|Ship launched= 5 November 1942

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|Ship commissioned= 31 December 1942

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|Ship fate=Returned to USN custody, 6 May 1945

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|Ship country= United States

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

|Ship name=LST-407

|Ship acquired= 6 May 1945

|Ship struck= 11 July 1945

|Ship fate= Sold for scrapping, July 1945

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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}}

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|Ship boats= {{LST-1 class tank landing ship boats}}

|Ship capacity={{LST-1 class tank landing ship capacity}}

|Ship troops=163

|Ship complement=117

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HMS LST-407 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-407 was laid down on 2 September 1942, under Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 927, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; launched 5 November 1942; then transferred to the United Kingdom and commissioned on 31 December 1942.{{sfn|DANFS}}

==Service history==

LST-407 saw no active service in the United States Navy.{{sfn|DANFS}} LST-407 took part in the landings at Anzio in Italy on 22 January 1944.{{sfn|Winser|2002|p=108}} The tank landing ship was damaged beyond repair on 24 April 1944, and beached off Baiae, Italy. The hulk was accepted by the United States Navy on 6 May 1945. On 11 July 1945, LST-407 was struck from the Navy list. Sometime in July 1945, she was sold to a local Italian firm and scrapped.{{sfn|DANFS}}

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Books

{{cite book |last=Winser |first=John de S. |title=British Invasion Fleets: The Mediterranean and beyond 1942–1945 |year=2002 |location=Gravesend |publisher=World Ships Society |isbn=0-9543310-0-1}}

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