HMS Empire Crossbow

HMS Empire Crossbow

HMS "Empire Crossbow" was a Landing Ship, Infantry of the Royal Navy.

She was built at CSC, Wilmington, Delaware as the merchant vessel "Cape Washington", but launched on 30 November 1943 and completed in 1944 as the landing ship "Empire Crossbow" for the Royal Navy. She was renamed HMS "Sainfoin" in November 1944, with the name reverting back to the "Empire Crossbow" in 1946. She was returned to the United States in September 1946 and re-entered merchant service under her original name, "Cape Washington" the following year. She served until 1964, when she was scrapped at Portsmouth, Virginia.

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