Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Tank landing ship |
Class | LST (Mk 2) |
Pennant | LST 430 |
Built by | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc. (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 25 Nov 1942 |
Launched | 31 Dec 1942 |
Commissioned | 19 Feb 1943 |
End service | 26 Jan 1946 |
History | Decommissioned and returned to the USN on 26 February 1946. |
Former name | USS LST 430 |
Commands listed for HMS LST 430 (LST 430)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) William Hall Laws, RD, RNR | Aug 1943 | 12 Aug 1944 |
2 | T/Lt. John Batthews Leech, RCNVR | 12 Aug 1944 | 18 Mar 1945 |
3 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Charles Henry Homer-Lindsay, RNR | 18 Mar 1945 | 26 Feb 1946 |
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