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Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns |
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| Campaign and Dates | Campaign and Dates |
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| Consolidation of Solomon Islands
Consolidation of southern Solomons, 16 June 1943 | Treasury-Bougainville operation
Occupation and defense of Cape Torokina, 11 November and 3 to 4 and 14 December 1943 |
| New Georgia Group operations
New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation, 2 and 4 July 1943 Vella Lavella occupation, 21 and 31 August 1943 | Mariana operation
Capture and occupation of Guam, 11 to 15 August 1944 |
Navy Occupation Service Medal |
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| 19 September to 22 October 1945 |
| 18 November 1945 to 20 January 1946 |
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341k | USS LST-340 on fire after beaching on Tenaru Beach, Guadalcanal the afternoon of 16 June 1943, after being dive bombed off the north coast
of Guadalcanal. LST-340 beached here and with the assistance of USS LST-398, on LST-340's starboard quarter,
and USS LST-353, on LST-340's port quarter, fought a massive fire, saving the ship.
Photo from the LST-340-Action Report 6/16/43, page 5; National Archives ID 134284080, roll A435. |
David Upton | |
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280k | USS LST-340 on fire with USS LST-398 and LCT(5)-58 fighting the fire on the starboard side.
Frames from a short film called "LST NO 340 Bombed By Japanese Off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, SW Pacific" Dept. of the Army. National Archives ID 15648. Local ID 111-ADC-1842 |
David Upton | |
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205k | USS LST-398 unloading supplies, equipment and mail on a Bougainville beach, 10 November 1943. Original USMC caption states:
"Japanese artillery hit the ship on the same day the photo was taken, killing an officer and five crew members." Note LVT coming ashore in center.
USMC catalog # USMC 67383. Photo by PVT. A.N. James, 3rd Marine Division |
US Naval History and Heritage Command. | |
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205k | USS LST-398, probably at Kukum Point, Guadalcanal, 1 December 1943. Following a successful barrage balloon experiment aboard USS LST-207 a few weeks earlier, LST Flotilla Five established a barrage balloon farm on Guadalcanal to service the convoys using that island as a staging area. LST-398 embarked a dedicated officer and a handful of specialized men to operate the balloon pictured here. On 2 December 1943, LST-398 got underway from Kukum, Guadalcanal for Torokina, Bougainville as part of the ninth echelon, officially known as CTF 31.6, to resupply the forces there. At one point, the balloon was raised to 2000 ft. as the convoy found itself under near constant air attack on the way to its destination. The convoy arrived on 4 December to a reportedly disorganized offload before returning to Kukum, Guadalcanal to drop off the balloon and associated detachment. Flotilla Five continued to use barrage balloons until May of 1944. | Brian Miller | |
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168k | 6th Special Naval Construction
Battalion Seabees unloading vehicles, equipment and supplies including gasoline drums from USS LST-398 across the beach at Bougainville,
British Solomon Islands, 4 December 1943.
US Navy photos from the US Navy Seabee Museum, Port Hueneme, CA. |
John Ratomski for his father John Joseph Ratomski S1c 6th Special Naval Construction Battalion | |
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209k | USS LST-398 loading equipment to leave Bougainville, January 1944.
U.S. Naval Construction Battalion No 0053 World War II Cruise Book pg 35. |
David Upton | |
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511k | USS LST-398 with LCT-1375 loaded on her main deck while at anchor in Japanese waters in November 1945 just prior to the launch of LCT-1375. The LCT-1375 and pontoons had been loaded at Pearl Harbor in June of 1945. The pontoons had been unloaded a little earlier at Leyte. | R.J. Osborne | |
| Commanding Officers | ||
| 01 | LT. Blanchard, Boyd E., USNR | 2 January 1943 - 3 November 1943 |
| 02 | LT. Williams, Danforth D., USNR | 3 November 1943 - 22 April 1944 |
| 03 | LT. Kammer, Robert J., USNR | 22 April 1944 - March 1945 |
| 04 | LT. Wilson, Richard B., USNR | March 1945 - 26 April 1945 |
| 05 | LT. Hockswender, John B.., USNR | 26 April 1945 - December 1945 |
| 06 | LT. Cotterman, Frederick A., USNR | December 1945 - 27 February 1946 |
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