HMS Misoa (F117)
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HMS Misoa was a Maracaibo-class LST Mk.I tank landing ship of the British Royal Navy during World War II. A converted Lake Maracaibo oil tanker, she took part in the invasions of North Africa, Sicily, and Normandy.
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Name | HMS Misoa |
Builder | Furness Shipbuilding Company, Haverton Hill-on-Tees |
Launched | 22 June 1937[1] |
Acquired | by requisition, December 1940 |
Commissioned | 11 August 1941[1] |
Decommissioned | March 1945 |
Identification | Pennant number: F117 |
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Fate | Returned to commercial service 1946. Scrapped 1963. |
General characteristics | |
Type | Landing Ship, Tank |
Displacement | 4,193 tons |
Length | 379.4 ft (115.6 m)[2] |
Beam | 64.2 ft (19.6 m)[2] |
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Ramps | 100 ft (30 m) extending bow ramp |
Capacity | 18 × 30-ton tanks or 22 × 25-ton tanks or 33 heavy trucks |
Troops | 217 |
Complement | 98 |
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