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LST-43

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 19 June 1943, at Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Launched, 28 August 1943
  • Commissioned USS LST-43, 6 October 1943
  • During World War II LST-43 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • While moored in the West Loch at Peal Harbor LST-43 was destroyed by exploding ordinance and sunk, 21 May 1944
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 18 July 1944
  • Final Disposition, raised but deemed beyond economical repair and subsequently sunk by torpedoes in 1945
  • LST-43 earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,780 t.(lt), 3,880 t.(fl)
    Length 328'
    Beam 50'
    Draft unloaded, bow 2' 4" stern 7' 6", loaded bow 8' 2" stern 14' 1"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 8-10 Officers, 100-115 Enlisted
    Troop Accommodations approx. 140 Officers and Enlisted
    Boats 2-6 LCVP
    Armament five 40mm gun mounts, six 20mm gun mounts, two .50-cal machine guns four .30-cal machine guns
    Propulsion two General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    The history for USS LST-43 is from the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site Landing Ship Tank Appendix.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    LST Home Port
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
    West Loch Disaster, Pearl Harbor, T.H., 21 May 1944
    Eyewitness Account of the West Loch Disaster
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