Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Tank landing ship |
Class | LST (Mk 2) |
Pennant | LST 408 |
Built by | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc. (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 9 Sep 1942 |
Launched | 31 Oct 1942 |
Commissioned | 23 Dec 1942 |
End service | 4 May 1946 |
History | Decommissioned and returned to the USN on 4 May 1946. |
Former name | USS LST 408 |
Commands listed for HMS LST 408 (LST 408)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt. Alfred Laidlow Nelson, RNR | Jul 1943 | mid 1943 |
2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Robert Cook, RNR | mid 1943 | Mar 1946 |
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