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LST-332 / ARL-45 Feronia

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 29 October 1942, at Philadelphia Navy Yard, PA.
  • Launched, 24 December 1942
  • Commissioned USS LST-332, 6 February 1943
  • During World War II LST-332 was assigned to the European Theater and participated in the:
  • Decommissioned, 22 May 1945 for conversion to Landing Craft Repair Ship Feronia (ARL-45) at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Conversion canceled, 12 September 1945
  • Reverted to LST-332
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for conversion to merchant service, 17 October 1946, to Suwannee Steamship Co., Charleston, S.C.
  • LST-332 earned three battle stars 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 Capacity approx. 140 Officers and Enlisted
    Boats 6 LCVP
    Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, 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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    LST-332 57k LST-332 with an LCT loaded on her main deck, July1943. Wes Stone, Lusby, MD. -"In memory of the men of the USNATB, Solomons, MD."
    LST-332 69k LST-332 at Normandy, date unknown.
    US National Archives image.    		 Bill Brinkley
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Fleet Reserve Association
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    United States LST Association
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