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HM LST-372
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 USS LST-372 (1943- 1944)


USS LST-373 International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - India - Xray
 NCIX
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal

USS LST-373 was transferred to the United Kingdom
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 14 November 1942, at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, MA.
  • Launched, 19 January 1943
  • Commissioned USS LST-373, 27 January 1943
  • During World War II USS LST-373 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Europe-Africa-Middle Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Sicilian occupation, July 1943 Invasion of Normandy, June 1944
    Salerno landings, September 1943 .

  • USS LST-373 was decommissioned and transferred to the United Kingdom, 9 December 1944
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 26 February 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold to Bosey, Philippines, 5 November 1947, fate unknown
  • USS LST-373 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
    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-373 143k USS LST-373 underway, date and location unknown. Joe Radigan MACM, USN Ret.
    LST-373 138k USS LST-373 underway, date and location unknown. Joe Radigan MACM, USN Ret.
    LST-373 117k USS LST-373 underway, date and location unknown. Joe Radigan MACM, USN Ret.
    LST-373 7k USS LST-373 at anchor off Bizerte, Tunisia, circa March 1944 LST Home Port web site
    LST-373 93k USS LST-373 is in the center of this photo of the invasion force off the Normandy coast, with "Omaha" Beach in the background and barrage balloons overhead. The amount of smoke on the beach strongly indicates that the photograph was taken on "D-Day", 6 June 1944. Photographed from USS Ancon (AGC-4).
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-231248, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    LST-49 370k LSTs land invasion supplies on "Omaha" Beach, shortly after the 6 June 1944 "D-Day" assault.
    LSTs on the beach include from (right to left):
    USS LST-312
    HM LST-320
    HM LST-321
    USS LST-72
    USS LST-51? last digit not visible)
    HM LST-324
    USS LST-311
    USS LST-49
    USS LST-373
    USS LST-47 and two unidentified LSTs.
    Note: bow numbers of the British ships enclosed in colored blocks; crowd of shipping offshore; barrage balloons over many of the ships. Photo was released for publication, 23 October 1944
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-46817 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.     		Riley R. Re Qua MoMM3/C USS LST-49 and Arthur L Long MoMM2/C USS LST-49
    View the USS LST-373
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    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
    UK LST Gallery
    LST Home Port
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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