USS LST-79

History
United States
Name	LST-79
Builder	Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville
Laid down	28 February 1943
Launched	8 May 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. Virginia Lee Hughes
Commissioned	7 July 1943
Fate	Transferred to Royal Navy
History
United Kingdom
Name	LST-79
Commissioned	17 July 1943
Stricken	11 October 1943
Fate	Sunk by Luftwaffe, 30 September 1943
General characteristics
Class and type	LST-1-class tank landing ship
Displacement	4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full load ; 2,160 long tons (2,190 t) landing;
Length	328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft; Landing at 2,160 t: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft;
Installed power	2 × 900 hp (670 kW) Electro-Motive Diesel 12-567A diesel engines; 1,700 shp (1,300 kW);
Propulsion	1 × Falk main reduction gears; 2 × Propellers;
Speed	12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range	24,000 nmi (44,000 km; 28,000 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) while displacing 3,960 long tons (4,024 t)
Boats & landing ; craft carried	2 or 6 x LCVPs
Capacity	2,100 tons oceangoing maximum; 350 tons main deckload;
Troops	16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement	13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament	Varied, ultimate armament; 2 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors guns ; 4 × single 40 mm Bofors guns; 12 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons;

Construction and career[edit]

LST-79 was laid down on 28 February 1943 at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, Indiana. Launched on 8 May 1943 and commissioned on 7 July 1943. The ship was later transferred to the Royal Navy and commissioned on 17 July 1943.^[2] The ship was assigned 9th LST Flotilla.

She was sunk by a German Henschel Hs 293 guided missile while off Ajaccio Harbor, Corsica, 30 September 1943.

LST-79 was struck from the Navy Register on 11 October 1943.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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