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USS LST-379


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Foxtrot - Bravo
 NCFB
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp)
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 12 December 1942, at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, MA.
  • Launched, 6 February 1943
  • Commissioned USS LST-379, 12 February 1943, Lt. John T. Salistean in command
  • During World War II USS LST-379 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Sicilian occupation, July 1943 West Coast of Italy operations 1944
    Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings, January through March 1944
    Salerno landings, September 1943 Invasion of Normandy, June 1944

  • Following World War II USS LST-379 performed occupation duty in the Far East
  • Decommissioned, 28 February 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 20 March 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 12 April 1948, to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, PA.
  • USS LST-379 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-379
    III-SC 181221    		 966k USS LST-379 unloading tanks of C Company, 191st Tank Battalion across a pontoon causeway near Salerno, Italy, 9 September 1943.
    US Army Signal Corps, photos III-SC 181221, Box 181M and III-SC 181222, Box 181, now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Dave Kerr
    LST-379
    III-SC 181222    		 944k
    LST-360 147k USS LST-379 and USS LST-360 beached at Anzio, February 1944. David Reeker for his Grandfather LTjg. Walter Reeker USNR USS LST-360
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    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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