Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Tank landing ship |
Class | LST (Mk 2) |
Pennant | LST 62 |
Built by | Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co. (Jeffersonville, Indiana, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 5 Aug 1942 |
Launched | 23 Nov 1942 |
Commissioned | 4 Mar 1943 |
End service | 10 Jun 1946 |
History | Decommissioned and returned to the USN on 10 June 1946. |
Former name | USS LST 62 |
Commands listed for HMS LST 62 (LST 62)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Oswald Edgar Brown, RNR | 1 Feb 1943 | Sep 1943 |
2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Samuel Rayer, DSC, OBE, RNR | Sep 1943 | 10 Aug 1944 |
3 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Joseph Lionel Laity, RNR | 10 Aug 1944 | 11 Mar 1946 |
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