LST.198
L.198
1944
(SeaVee SV-545b)
- Class: LST(2) - 115 Landing Ship Tank of 1942-43
- Displacement: 1,625 tons; 2,160 tons full load
- Dimensions: 328 x 50 x 3/9 ft
- Machinery: 2-shaft Diesel motor, BHP 1,800 = 10 knots
- Armament: 1-12 pdr AA, 6-20 mm AA
- Landing Craft: 2 LCA
- Complement: 86
- Builder: Chicago Bridge & Iron, Seneca, IL
- Laid down: 22 Jun 1942
- Launched: 17 Jan 1943
- Commissioned: 15 Feb 1943
- Notes: One of 115 LST(2) built in U.S. and made available to R.N. under lend lease. To U.K. 6 Mar 1943, returned 23 Jan 46.
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