Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Tank landing ship |
Class | LST (Mk 2) |
Pennant | LST 405 |
Built by | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc. (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 30 Aug 1942 |
Launched | 31 Oct 1942 |
Commissioned | 28 Dec 1942 |
End service | |
History | HMS LST-405 was involved in a collision with the US Transport USS General M. M. Patrick on 25 October 1945 off Colombo, Ceylon. Not repaired. |
Former name | USS LST 405 |
Commands listed for HMS LST 405 (LST 405)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | A/Lt.Cdr. Joseph Tinsley Sheffield, RNR | Jun 1943 | 26 Mar 1945 |
2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Alfred Edwin Weightman, RNR | 26 Mar 1945 | 23 Jun 1945 |
3 | A/Lt.Cdr. Douglas Ronald Wheeler, RN | 23 Jun 1945 | mid 1945 |
4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. James Clifford Anderson, RNR | mid 1945 | Nov 1945 |
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