Keywords: Launch of LST-301 at the Boston Navy Yard in 1942.jpg Luch of the first tank landing ship LST-301 at the Boston Naval Shipyard Massachusetts USA on 15 September 1942 LST-301 never saw active service with the U S Navy as it was transferred to the United Kingdom under the terms of the Lend-lease Act It was commissioned as HM LST-301 on 14 November 1942 and it took part in the landings on Sicily at Salerno and in Normandy LST-301 was finally returned to the U S Navy on 20 March 1946 7327398 1942-09-15 U S Department of the Navy First Naval District Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Administration Office of the Historical Officer PD-USGov-Military-Navy LST-1 Class tank landing ships Boston Navy Yard |