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Lost due to enemy action, 9 June 1944

USS LST-314

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Charlie - Bravo
NYCB

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 9 June 1944)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 7 September 1942, at New York Navy Yard

Launched, 30 December 1942

Commissioned USS LST-314, 15 January 1943

During World War II USS LST-314 was assigned to the European Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

**European Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Sicilian occupation, July 1942	Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 9 June 1944
Salerno landings, 9 to 21 September 1943	.

LST-314 was sunk by an enemy torpedo off the coast of Normandy, 9 June 1944

Struck from the Naval Register, 22 August 1944

USS LST-314 earned three battle stars for World War II service

Specifications: (as reported by Office of Naval Intelligence-1945)
Displacement 1,625 t.(lt), 4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)
Length 328' o.a.
Beam 50'
Draft

(light) - 2' 4" fwd, 7' 6" aft

(sea-going) 8' 3" fwd, 14' 1" aft

(landing) 3' 11" fwd, 9' 10" aft (landing w/500 ton load)
Speed 12 kts. (maximum)
Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons
Complement

9 officers, 120 enlisted
Troop Accommodations

14 officers, 131 enlisted
Boats 6 LCVP
Cargo Capacity (varied with mission - payloads between 1600 and 1900 tons)

Typical loads

One Landing Craft Tank (LCT), tanks, wheeled and tracked vehicles, artillery, construction equipment and military supplies. A ramp or elevator forward allowed vehicles access to tank deck from main deck

Additional capacity included sectional pontoons carried on each side of vessel amidships, to either build Rhino Barges or use as causeways. Married to the bow ramp, the causeways would enabled payloads to be delivered ashore from deeper water or where a beachhead would not allow the vessel to be grounded forward after ballasting
Armament (varied with availability when each vessel was outfitted. Retro-fitting was accomplished throughout WWII. The ultimate armament design for United States vessels was

2 - Twin 40MM gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors

4 - Single 40MM gun mounts

12 single 20MM gun mounts
Propulsion two General Motors 12-567, 900hp diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders

Size	Image Description	Source
93k	USS LST-314 unloading British Universal Carriers at Salerno, Italy, in September 1943.	Robert Hurst
88k	USS LST-314 and USS LST-374 loading supplies at an English port in preparation for the Invasion of Normandy, early June 1944. *LST-314* was sunk by German motor torpedo boats, 9 June 1944. The numbers at the peaks of the LST bows are apparently berth numbers. US Army Signal Corps. photo # C-745 (Color) from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.	Bill Gonyo
87k	USS LST-314 and USS LST-374 loading supplies at an English port in preparation for the Invasion of Normandy, early June 1944. US Naval Institute photo.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.

View the USS LST-314
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center

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

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