HM LST-8

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|Ship caption= HM LST-8 off-loading at Port Dickson, Malaya, 12 September 1945.

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|Ship builder=Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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|Ship laid down=26 July 1942

|Ship launched=29 October 1942

|Ship sponsor= Mrs. Anne H. Johnson

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|Ship fate= Transferred to the Royal Navy, 22 March 1943

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|Ship country= United Kingdom

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|Ship name= LST-8

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|Ship acquired=22 March 1943

|Ship commissioned=23 March 1943

|Ship decommissioned= 4 May 1946

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|Ship fate= Returned to US Naval custody, 1 June 1946

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|Ship country= United States

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

|Ship acquired=1 June 1946

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|Ship struck=3 July 1946

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|Ship fate= Sold for scrapping, 5 December 1947

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|Ship type= {{sclass|LST-1|tank landing ship}}

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

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|Ship troops=163

|Ship complement=117

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HM LST-8 was a Landing Ship, Tank of the Royal Navy during World War II. Built as a {{sclass|LST-1|tank landing ship}} in the US, she was transferred to the Royal Navy in March 1943,

Post war she was returned to the United States Navy before disposal.

Construction

LST-8 was laid down on 26 July 1942, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by the Dravo Corporation; launched on 29 October 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Anne H. Johnson; and transferred to the Royal Navy on 22 March 1943,{{sfn|DANFS}} and commissioned the following day.{{sfn|Navsource|2006}}

Service history

LST-8 sailed from Hampton Roads, Virginia, for the Mediterranean on 14 May 1943, with convoy UGS 8A, arriving in Oran, Algeria, sometime before 8 June 1943.{{sfn|Convoy UGS 8A}}

She participated in the invasion of Sicily, landings at Reggio, the Salerno landings, and the Anzio landings, in the Mediterranean Theatre and the Normandy landings in the European Theatre. She was refitted at Liverpool in September 1944, and was transferred to the Eastern Fleet. LST-8 also participated in the Operation Zipper landings in Malaya. She was paid off on 4 May 1946, at Subic Bay.{{sfn|Navsource|2006}}

Final disposition

The Royal Navy returned LST-8 to the US Navy on 1 June 1946, and it was struck from the Navy list on 3 July 1946. On 5 December 1947, she was sold to Bosey, Philippines, for scrapping.{{sfn|DANFS}}