USS LST-3

USS LST-3 was an LST-1 class tank landing ship of the United States Navy. LST-3 served with the USN in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations during 1943 and 1944. She was then loaned to the Royal Navy in late 1944 as HMS LST-3 and served with the British Mediterranean Fleet in 1945. LST-3 was returned to the United States Navy in 1946 and was sold for scrap a year later.

Construction
LST-3 was laid down on 29 June 1942 by the Dravo Corporation in Pittsburgh, launched on 19 September 1942, sponsored by Mrs. A.C. Harlow and commissioned on 8 February 1943 with Lieutenant Roy E. Butler in command.

Mediterranean service
LST-3 was assigned to the Mediterranean Theatre and participated in the following operations for which she received two battle stars:
 * Sicilian Occupation - 9–15 July and 28 July-17 August 1943
 * Invasion of southern France - 15 August-25 September 1944

Royal Navy service
LST-3 was decommissioned on 23 December 1944 in Bizerte and commissioned into the Royal Navy the next day. She operated in the Mediterranean and was sailed back to the United States in April 1946 by a Royal Navy crew. LST-3 was struck on 19 June 1946 and sold for scrapping on 10 September 1947 to the Boston Metals Company in Baltimore.