Allied Warships

HMS LST 4 (LST 4)

Tank landing ship of the LST (Mk 2) class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeTank landing ship
ClassLST (Mk 2) 
PennantLST 4 
Built byDravo Corp. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down4 Jul 1942 
Launched9 Oct 1942 
Commissioned24 Dec 1944 
End service 
History

 
Former nameUSS LST 4

Commands listed for HMS LST 4 (LST 4)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/A/Lt.Cdr. Leslie Arthur Sylvester, RNR21 Dec 194430 May 1945
2T/A/Lt.Cdr. R T Wood, RNR30 May 1945mid 1946

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Notable events involving LST 4 include:


15 Jun 1945
HMS LST 4 (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.T. Wood, RNR) is docked in AFD 27 at Alexandria. (1)

22 Jun 1945
HMS LST 4 (T/A/Lt.Cdr. R.T. Wood, RNR) is undocked. (1)

Sources

  1. ADM 53/121030

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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