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USS LST-380

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Juliet - Charlie

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

USS LST-380 was transferred to the United Kingdom

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 10 December 1942, at the Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, MA.

Launched, 10 February 1943

Commissioned USS LST-380, 15 February 1943

During World War II USS LST-380 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

**European Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Sicilian occupation, July 1943	Invasion of Normandy, June 1944
Salerno landings, September 1943	.

Transferred (loaned) 20 November 1944 to the United Kingdom

Commissioned HM-380, 20 November 1944

Returned to US Naval custody, 11 April 1946

Decommissioned and sold, 7 June 1946 to the United States Military Government, Korea

Struck from the Naval Register, 19 July 1946

Final Disposition, fate unknown

USS LST-380 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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS LST-380
	472k	From right to left; USS LST-380, USS LST-284, USS LST-499, and USS LST-382 at Brixham Harbour, England, 1 June 1944, loading up with equipment ready for the cross channel invasion. US Army Signal Corps photo # SC206438 by Nehez	Bill Gonyo
	106k	USS LST-380 crew photo, circa 1 June 1944, at Brixham, England. LT. James Herschel Fisher - 2nd row 3rd from left & CO Marcus Goodrich - 2nd Row, 5th from left (w/pipe): Goodrich served in both WWI &WWII.	Linda Sheehan-Smolensky niece of James Herschel Fisher
HM LST-380
	59k	HM LST-380 transporting Dutch women and children from Java to Singapore in 1945.	Robert Hurst

View the USS LST-380
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 Homeport
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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