Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Tank landing ship |
Class | LST (Mk 2) |
Pennant | LST 401 |
Built by | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc. (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 17 Aug 1942 |
Launched | 16 Oct 1942 |
Commissioned | 30 Nov 1942 |
End service | 7 Mar 1946 |
History | Decommissioned and returned to the USN on 7 March 1946. |
Former name | USS LST 401 |
Commands listed for HMS LST 401 (LST 401)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | A/Lt.Cdr. George Manley Dixon, RANVR | 7 Jul 1943 | Aug 1943 |
2 | Lt.Cdr. Thomas Martin Devitt, RNR | Aug 1943 | 2 Jan 1945 |
3 | C E Kirby, RNR | 2 Jan 1945 | 11 Sep 1945 |
4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Henry Ogle Morris, RNR | 11 Sep 1945 | late 1945 |
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