USS LST-5

{{Short description|1942 LST-1-class tank landing ship}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image= HM LST-5 Madras India 2 January 1946.jpg |image_caption= HM LST-5 beached at Madras, India, while loading in preparation for the voyage to Batavia, Java, Dutch East Indies, 2 January 1946. Note that the bow doors have been removed. }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country=United States |flag={{USN flag|1945}} |name= ''LST-5'' |ordered= |awarded= |builder=Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |original_cost= |yard_number= |way_number= |laid_down=12 July 1942 |launched=3 October 1942 |sponsor= Mrs. John (Jennie) Bartolo |christened= |completed= |acquired= |commissioned=22 February 1943 |decommissioned=17 November 1944 |renamed= |reclassified= |refit= |struck= |reinstated= |homeport= |identification=*Hull symbol: LST-5 *Code letters: NDNP *{{ICS|November}}{{ICS|Delta}}{{ICS|November}}{{ICS|Papa}} |motto= |nickname= |honors=18px 3 × battle stars |captured= |fate=Transferred to the Royal Navy |notes= |badge= }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header=title |country=United Kingdom |flag= {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}} |name= ''LST-5'' |christened= |completed= |acquired= |commissioned=18 November 1944 |decommissioned= 19 February 1946 |in_service= |out_of_service= |fate= Sold for scrapping, 7 October 1947 }}

|section4={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= {{sfn|Navsource|2007}} |type= {{sclass|LST-1|tank landing ship}} |displacement={{LST-1 class tank landing ship displacement}} |length={{LST-1 class tank landing ship length}} |beam={{LST-1 class tank landing ship beam}} |draft={{LST-1 class tank landing ship draft}} |power={{LST-1 class tank landing ship power}} |propulsion={{LST-1 class tank landing ship propulsion}} |speed={{LST-1 class tank landing ship speed}} |range={{LST-1 class tank landing ship range}} |boats={{LST-1 class tank landing ship boats}} |capacity={{LST-1 class tank landing ship capacity}} |troops=163 |complement=117 |armament={{LST-1 class tank landing ship armament}} |armor= |notes= }}

|section5={{Infobox ship/service record | header_caption = | partof = | codes = | commanders = | operations = *Sicilian occupation (July 1943) *Salerno landings (September 1943) *Invasion of Normandy (June 1944) | victories = | awards = }} }}

'''USS ''LST-5''''' was an {{sclass|LST-1|tank landing ship}} of the United States Navy built during World War II. She was transferred to the Royal Navy in November 1944.

Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.

==Construction== ''LST-5'' was laid down on July 12, 1942, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by the Dravo Corporation. Launched on October 3, 1942, she was sponsored by Mrs. Wanetta Rose Barker and was commissioned on February 22, 1943.{{sfn|DANFS}}

==USN service history== During ''LST-5''{{'}}s involvement in World War II, she served in the Mediterranean Theater and European Theater and participated in the following operations: the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943, the Salerno Landings in September 1943, and the Invasion of Normandy in June 1944.{{sfn|DANFS}}

==Royal Navy service== ''LST-5'' was decommissioned from the USN on November 17, 1944, and commissioned into the Royal Navy the next day as HM ''LST-5''. She was refit at Belfast, from January 22 to April 11, 1945, before sailing for service in the Far East the following summer. On February 19, 1946, she was decommissioned from the Royal Navy.{{sfn|Navsource|2007}}

thumb|right|HM LST-5 Crew, Madras, 24 Nov 1945

==Final disposition== ''LST-5'' was struck from the Navy list on August 1, 1947. On October 7, 1947, she was sold to the Tung Hwa Trading Co., Singapore, for scrapping.

== References == {{Reflist|20em}}

== Bibliography == {{refbegin}} * {{cite DANFS | url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lst-5.html | title=LST-5 | publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command | access-date=12 August 2017 | ref={{sfnRef|DANFS}} }}{{PD-notice}} * {{cite web | url=http://www.navsource.net/archives/10/16/160005.htm | title= LST-5 | date=21 September 2007 | access-date=12 August 2017 |website=NavSource | ref={{sfnRef|Navsource|2007}} }} {{Refend}}

==External links== {{Commons category|USS LST-5}} * {{navsource|10/16/160005|USS LST-5}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:LST-0005}} Category:LST-1-class tank landing ships of the United States Navy Category:Ships built in Pittsburgh Category:1942 ships Category:World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States Category:LST-1-class tank landing ships of the Royal Navy Category:World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United Kingdom Category:Ships built by Dravo Corporation Category:Naval ships of Operation Neptune