HMS ''LST-364'' was a in the

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during

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Construction and career

''LST-364'' was

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on 3 September 1942 by

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, Quincy,

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

. Launched on 26 October 1942 and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 7 December 1942. During World War II, ''LST-364'' was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle theater. She took part in the Sicilian occupation in

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from 9 to 15 July 1943 and 28 July to 17 August 1943. Then the

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from 9 to 21 September of the same year. On 22 January 1944, she took part in the Anzio invasion and later the

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in June 1944. She was struck from the

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on 11 July 1945.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:LST-0364 World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United Kingdom Ships built in Quincy, Massachusetts 1942 ships LST-1-class tank landing ships of the Royal Navy Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II