Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Tank landing ship |
Class | LST (Mk 2) |
Pennant | LST 239 |
Built by | Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co. (Evansville, Indiana, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 6 Mar 1943 |
Launched | 18 Jun 1943 |
Commissioned | 19 Jul 1943 |
End service | 14 Feb 1946 |
History | Decommissioned and returned to the USN on 14 February 1946. |
Former name | USS LST 238 |
Commands listed for HMS LST 239 (LST 239)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | F Dyer, RNR | 3 Sep 1943 | 15 Jan 1944 |
2 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Charles Robert Hodder, RNR | 15 Jan 1944 | 14 Apr 1944 |
3 | Lt.Cdr. George Austin Moore, RD, RNR | 14 Apr 1944 | 5 Jan 1945 |
4 | A/Lt.Cdr. John Mackay, RNR | 5 Jan 1945 | 8 Aug 1945 |
5 | T/Lt. Stanley Grant Fowler, RNR | 8 Aug 1945 | 14 Feb 1946 |
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