HMS Misoa

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Misoa
Builder	Furness Shipbuilding Company, Haverton Hill-on-Tees
Launched	22 June 1937
Acquired	by requisition, December 1940
Commissioned	11 August 1941
Decommissioned	March 1945
Identification	Pennant number: F117
Motto	Latin: Veni, vidi, vici ; (English: "I came, I saw, I conquered");
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)
Beam	64.2 ft (19.6 m)
Draught	Fully laden :; 15 ft (4.6 m) aft; 4 ft (1.2 m) forward;
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
Armament	1 × single (from early 1944, twin) QF 2 pounder naval gun(s); 6 × single Oerlikon 20 mm cannon; 3 × Lewis guns; Smoke mortar;

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.

History

United Kingdom
Name	HMS Misoa
Builder	Furness Shipbuilding Company, Haverton Hill-on-Tees
Launched	22 June 1937
Acquired	by requisition, December 1940
Commissioned	11 August 1941
Decommissioned	March 1945
Identification	Pennant number: F117
Motto	Latin: Veni, vidi, vici (English: "I came, I saw, I conquered")
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)
Beam	64.2 ft (19.6 m)
Draught	Fully laden : 15 ft (4.6 m) aft 4 ft (1.2 m) forward
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
Armament	1 × single (from early 1944, twin) QF 2 pounder naval gun(s) 6 × single Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 3 × Lewis guns Smoke mortar