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LST-355

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 9 Sept. 1943 - Salerno landings) - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (2)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp)
Individual Awards
The Commanding Officer of LST-355, LT. Albert J. Cadaret USN, was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 7 September 1942, at Charleston Navy Yard. Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 16 November 1942
  • Commissioned USS LST-355, 22 December 1942, Lt. Norman L. Knipe, Jr., USNR, in command
  • During World War II LST-355 was assigned to the European Theater and participated in the:
  • Following the war LST-355 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early March 1946
  • Decommissioned, 6 March 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 31 October 1947
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 10 April 1948, to Consolidated Builders, Inc., Seattle, WA.
  • LST-355 earned two 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
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    LST-355 33k LST-355 unloading trucks while high and dry on the beach at Normandy, circa June 1944. Al Cadaret for his father LT. Albert J. Cadaret, USN, CO USS LST-355
    LST-355 27k LST-355 underway in heavy weather, date unknown. Al Cadaret for his father LT. Albert J. Cadaret, USN, CO USS LST-355
    LST-355 56k LST-355 and another LST (LST-355 is the closer of the two) on the beach at Normandy along with numerous other ships and landing craft, June 1944. Al Cadaret for his father LT. Albert J. Cadaret, USN, CO USS LST-355
    LCI(L)-416 114k LST-355 lays to seaward of the sunken LCI(L)-416 off Omaha Beach amidst reinforcement and cleanup activities on 7 June 1944. In the lower right corner are LCT-637 and an unidentifed LCT. US National Archives photo from the USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association 2006 calendar. (Note this is a cropped image of photo #3) Ardie Hunt
    View the LST-355
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    A Complete History of LST-355 at Navsource
    Read the letter from David H. Clement Capt. MC. US Army, Ship’s Surgeon during battle for Salerno
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    The USS LST Ship Memorial
    LST Home Port
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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    Last Updated 10 March 2006