USS LST-359
Coordinates: 42°04′00″N 19°08′00″W / 42.0666670°N 19.1333330°W
![]() USS LST-359 off Salerno in September 1943
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Name | LST-359 |
Builder | Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston |
Laid down | 21 November 1942 |
Launched | 11 January 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Albert Miller Penn |
Commissioned | 29 February 1943 |
Stricken | 8 February 1945 |
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Honors and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Sunk by U-870, 20 December 1944 |
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Class and type | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Range | 24,000 nmi (44,000 km; 28,000 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) while displacing 3,960 long tons (4,024 t) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 or 6 x LCVPs |
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Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
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USS LST-359 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II.[1]
Construction and career[]
LST-359 was laid down on 21 November 1942 at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina. Launched on 11 January 1943 and commissioned on 29 February 1943, Lt. James A. Ferreola in command.[2]
During World War II, LST-388 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle theater. She took part in the Sicilian occupation in Italy from 9 to 15 July 1943 and 28 July to 17 August 1943. Then the Salerno landings from 9 to 21 September of the same year.
She then participated in the Anzio-Nettuno landings, 22 January to 1 March and in the Invasion of Normandy from 6 to 25 June 1944.
She was sunk by U-870 while under tow by a Type V tugboat, named Farallon and split into two off Spain with 2 casualties on 20 December 1944.[3]
LST-359 was struck from the Navy Register on 8 February 1945.[1]
Awards[]
LST-359 have earned the following awards:
- American Campaign Medal
- Combat Action Ribbon
- European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (5 battle stars)
- Navy Unit Commendation
- World War II Victory Medal
Citations[]
- ^ a b "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "LST-359". public2.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "USS LST-359 (American Landing ship) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
Sources[]
- United States. Dept. of the Treasury (1962). Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic and Other Laws, Volume 97. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- Moore, Capt. John (1984). Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710607959.
- Saunders, Stephen (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710628886.
- Fairplay International Shipping Journal Volume 222. United Kingdom: Fairplay Publishing Limited. 1967.
- World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
- Ships built in Charleston, South Carolina
- 1943 ships
- LST-1-class tank landing ships of the United States Navy
- Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II