USS LST-79
# USS LST-79

USS LST-79 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship in the Royal Navy during World War II.

## Construction and career

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. 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.

## Citations

* 1 2 "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
* ↑ "LST-79". public2.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 11 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 :

