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LST-388

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp)

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship: Laid down, 20 June 1942 at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News VA; Launched, 28 September 1942; Commissioned USS LST-388, 20 November 1942. During World War II, LST-388 was assigned to the European theater and participated in the following operations: Tunisian operations, November 1942 through July 1943, Sicilian occupation, July 1943, Salerno landings, September 1943, Invasion of Normandy, June 1944; LST-388 was transferred to the Asiatic=Pacific Campaign area and following the war performed occupation duty in the Far East. Decommissioned, 1 February 1947; Struck from the Naval Register, 25 February 1947; Final Disposition, transferred to the Maritime Administration, 7 April 1948 and later sold. LST-388 earned four battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 1,780 t.(lt), 3,880 t.(fl); Length 328'; Beam 50'; Draft unloaded, bow 2' 4" stern 7' 6", loaded bow 8' 2" stern 14' 1"; Speed 12k.; Complement 8-10 Officers, 100-115 Enlisted; Troop Capacity, approx. 140 officers and enlisted; Boats, 2-6 LCVP; Armament; one single 3"/50 gun mount, five 40mm gun mounts, six 20mm gun mounts, two .50-cal machine guns, four .30-cal machine guns; Propulsion, 2 General Motors V12-567 Diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	90k	Normandy Invasion, June 1944 *LST-325* (left) and *LST-388* (in background) unloading while stranded at low tide during resupply operations, 12 June 1944. Note: propellers, rudders and other underwater details of these LSTs; 40mm single guns; barrage balloon; "Danforth" style kedge anchor at LST-325's stern. US Navy photo # 80-252797 Now in the collections of the National Archives.		US Naval Historical Center
	48k	*LST-388* and *LST-309* at Pearl Harbor, T.I., 1945		Photo by John H. Kellers, GM3/c USS LCT-539

There is no DANFS history available for LST-388 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

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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