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HM LST-358
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 USS LST-358 (1943 - 1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Echo - Foxtrot
 NZEF
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, 24 October 1942, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 15 December 1942
  • Commissioned USS LST-358, 8 February 1943
  • During World War II USS LST-358 was assigned to the Europe-Africa Middle East Theater and participated in the following operations:
    Europe-Africa Middle East Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Sicilian occupation
    July 1943     		West coast of Italy operations
    Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings, January through March 1944
    Elba and Pianosa landings, June 1944
    Salerno landings
    September 1943     		Invasion of southern France
    August and September 1944

  • Decommissioned ant transferred to the United Kingdom, 24 December 1944
  • Royal Navy History
  • Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LST-358, 24 December 1944
  • No record of service
  • Paid off and returned to US Navy custody, 27 February 1946, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 August 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 3 October 1947, to Southern Trading Co., Philadelphia, PA.
  • USS LST-358 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
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    LST-178 87k USS LST-358 unloading in Anzio harbor, circa January-February 1944. Robert Hurst
    LST-178 59k As many as eight LSTs ready for transfer to the United Kingdom tied up at Bizerte, Tunisa in December 1944. Included are USS LST-178 and USS LST-358 (This ship could also possibly be USS LST-351). Bob Rutter, photo by his grandfather CAPT. Anthony Kohout Jr.
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    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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