Allied Warships

HMS LST 430 (LST 430)

Tank landing ship of the LST (Mk 2) class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeTank landing ship
ClassLST (Mk 2) 
PennantLST 430 
Built byBethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc. (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down25 Nov 1942 
Launched31 Dec 1942 
Commissioned19 Feb 1943 
End service26 Jan 1946 
History

Decommissioned and returned to the USN on 26 February 1946.

 
Former nameUSS LST 430

Commands listed for HMS LST 430 (LST 430)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. (retired) William Hall Laws, RD, RNRAug 194312 Aug 1944
2T/Lt. John Batthews Leech, RCNVR12 Aug 194418 Mar 1945
3T/A/Lt.Cdr. Charles Henry Homer-Lindsay, RNR18 Mar 194526 Feb 1946

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