Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Tank landing ship |
Class | LST (Mk 2) |
Pennant | LST 426 |
Built by | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc. (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 16 Nov 1942 |
Launched | 11 Dec 1942 |
Commissioned | 16 Feb 1943 |
End service | 23 Apr 1946 |
History | Decommissioned and returned to the USN on 23 April 1946. |
Former name | USS LST 426 |
Commands listed for HMS LST 426 (LST 426)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Arthur Leonard Defrates, RNR | 16 Mar 1943 | Jun 1943 |
2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Derek Wellwood Tillett, RNR | Jun 1943 | Feb 1944 |
3 | T/Lt. John Francis William Fletcher, RNR | Feb 1944 | Dec 1944 |
4 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Derek Wellwood Tillett, RNR | Dec 1944 | 28 Aug 1945 |
5 | A/Lt.Cdr. Leslie Halman Davies, RNR | 28 Aug 1945 | 27 Dec 1945 |
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