Category:USS LST-4
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- USS LST-4
- Laid down, 4 July 1942, at Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, PA.
- Launched, 9 October 1942
- Commissioned , 14 February 1943
- Decommissioned, 23 December 1944, at Bizerte, Tunisia
- Commissioned into the Royal Navy, 24 December 1944, at Bizerte, as HM LST-4
- Struck a mine, 14 January 1945, while on passage between Taranto and Piraeus, was able to make Piraeus, Greece
- Remained at Piraeus about June when she went to Alexandria, Egypt
- In Malta for repairs, 10 to 24 October 1945
- Sailed back to the United States by a Royal Navy crew early in 1946
- Port screw lost en-route, towed to Norfolk, VA. by another LST
- Returned to US Naval custody
- Struck from the Naval Register in June 1946
- Sold for scrapping in September 1947
Media in category "USS LST-4"
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HM LST-4 Malta Harbor 1944.jpg 4,851 × 3,891; 1.52 MB