LST3008 tank landing ships (1945/1946)
LST3008 1945
Tarakan 1954
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| LST3008 | L3008 | Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK | 1944 | 31.10.1944 | 5.1945 // 7.1946 | sold 6.1950 | |
| LST3014 | L3014 | Barclay Curle, Whiteinch, UK | 4.1944 | 11.11.1944 | 3.1945 // 7.1946 | sold 6.1950 | |
| LST3017, 12.1948- Tarakan | L3017 | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn, UK | 1944 | 28.11.1944 | 6.1945 // 7.1946 | sold 3.1954 | |
| LST3022 | L3022 | Lithgows, Glasgow, UK | 1944 | 26.1.1945 | 10.1945 // 7.1946 | stricken 6.1950 | |
| LST3035, 12.1948- Lae | L3035 | Denny, Dumbarton, UK | 1944 | 24.10.1944 | 3.1945 // 7.1946 | sold 11.1955 | |
| LST3501, 12.1948- Labuan | L3501 | Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada | 3.1944 | 24.8.1944 | 5.1945 // 7.1946 | sold 11.1955 |
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Displacement standard, t |
2300 light |
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Displacement full, t |
4980 |
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Length, m |
105.9 |
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Breadth, m |
16.8 |
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Draught, m |
3.79 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
5500 |
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Max speed, kts |
13.5 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 1400 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 8000(11) |
|
Armament |
(2 x 2 - 40/60 RP.50 Mk V, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III) or (4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III) |
| Military load | 5 LCA, 1 LCT(6), 15 40t or 20 25t tanks, 14 3t trucks, 170 troops |
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Electronic equipment |
nav. radar |
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Complement |
111 |
Project history: Last British version of LST, however application of heavier VTE and riveted hull instead of welded has led to that the British variant yielded American on all parametres, except speed.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015