Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Tank landing ship |
Class | LST (Mk 2) |
Pennant | LST 421 |
Built by | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc. (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 11 Nov 1942 |
Launched | 5 Dec 1942 |
Commissioned | 26 Jan 1943 |
End service | 29 Nov 1946 |
History | Decommissioned and returned to the USN on 29 November 1946. |
Former name | USS LST 421 |
Commands listed for HMS LST 421 (LST 421)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. John Varcoe Machin, RNR | Aug 1943 | Late 1944 |
2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Thomas Frank Penney, RNR | late 1944 | late 1945 |
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