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LST-351

USS LST-351 was transferred to the Royal Navy in December 1944 for the duration of World War II and later sold to the Netherlands

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 9 November 1942, at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA.

Launched, 7 February 1943

Commissioned USS LST-351, 24 February 1943

During World War II LST-351 was assigned to the European Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

**European Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Sicilian occupation, July 1943	Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings January through March 1944
Salerno landings, September 1943	Invasion of Normandy, June 1944

Decommissioned and transferred to the United Kingdom, 12 December 1944

Royal Navy History
Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LST-351, 12 December 1944
No record of active service in the Royal Navy
Mudberthed Sandacre Bay, Saltash, Cornwall, 30 July 1946
Re-delivered to US Navy custody, 10 December 1946.

Struck from the Naval Register, 10 December 1946

Final Disposition, sold to the Netherlands, 30 December 1946

LST-351 earned four 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

7 officers, 104 enlisted
Troop Accommodations

16 officers, 147 enlisted
Boats 2 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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	132k	*LST-351* beached at Naples, Italy as German Prisoners are off-loaded. The prisoners were taken aboard at Anzio, circa mid-1944. This photo appeared in "National Geographic Magazine."		Rich Barnes for his brother Morris S. Barnes RM2/c USS LST-351.
	104k	*LST-351* beached at Normandy with three crew members posing in front of the ship, circa summer-1944.		Rich Barnes for his brother Morris S. Barnes RM2/c USS LST-351.

View the LST-351
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site

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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Last Updated 10 November 2006