
Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
USS LST-313
- Landing Ship Tank:
- Displacement: 1,490 tons (lite); 4,080 tons (full load of 2,100 tons)
- Length: 327'
- Beam: 50'
- Draft: 8' fwd; 14'4" aft (full load)
- Speed: 10.8 knots (max); 9 knots (econ)
- Armament: 1 3"/50 DP; 1 40mm; 6 20mm
- Complement: 7 officers, 204 enlisted
- Diesel engines, twin screws
- LSTs carry smaller craft topside, a tunnel-like hold full of tanks, vehicles, guns or cargo.
- Built at New York Navy Yard, and commissioned 13 January 1943
: 10 July 1943; bombed off Gela, Sicily
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January 13, 2001