Allied Warships

USS LST 420 (LST 420)

Tank landing ship of the LST (Mk 2) class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeTank landing ship
ClassLST (Mk 2) 
PennantLST 420 
Built byBethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc. (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.) 
Ordered25 May 1942 
Laid down6 Nov 1942 
Launched5 Dec 1942 
Commissioned 
End service 
History

Never commissioned into the United States Navy.
Transferred to the Royal Navy upon completion.
While in service with the Royal Navy, LST 420 was mined and sunk of Ostend, Belgium on 7 November 1944.

 
Career notesTo the Royal Navy as LST 420

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