HMS LST-362
# HMS LST-362

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HMS LST-362 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship in the Royal Navy during World War II.

## Construction and career

LST-362 was laid down on 10 August 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. Launched on 10 October 1942 and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 16 November 1942.

During World War II, LST-362 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle theater. She took part in the Sicilian occupation in Italy from 9 to 15 July 1943 and 28 July to 17 August 1943. Then the Salerno landings from 9 to 21 September of the same year.

On 22 January 1944, she took part in the Anzio invasion. While returning from the Mediterranean to the United Kingdom with the convoy MKS-40 in Biscay Bay area on 2 March later that year, she was struck by a torpedo fired by the U-744 on her starboard side. She was the only ship sunk in her convoy.

She was struck from the Navy Register on 28 April 1945.

## Citations

* 1 2 "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
* ↑ "History of LST - 311 - 349". www.historycentral.com. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
* ↑ "HMS LST-362 (British Landing ship) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

## Sources

* United States. Dept. of the Treasury (1962). Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic and Other Laws, Volume 97. U.S. Government Printing Office.
* Moore, Capt. John (1984). Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710607959.
* Saunders, Stephen (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710628886.
* Fairplay International Shipping Journal Volume 222. United Kingdom: Fairplay Publishing Limited. 1967.

vteLST-1-class tank landing ships :

Preceded by: None

Followed by: LST-491 class :

List of United States Navy LSTs

List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships :

