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Lost due to enemy action, 9 June 1944

USS LST-314

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Charlie - Bravo
NYCB

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 9 June 1944)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 7 September 1942, at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Launched, 30 December 1942

Commissioned USS LST-314, 15 January 1943, LCDR. Alvin H. Tutt, in command

During World War II USS LST-314 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
Sicilian occupation, 9 to 15 July 1943	Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 9 June 1944
Salerno landings, 9 to 21 September 1943

USS LST-314 was sunk by an enemy torpedo off the coast of Normandy, 9 June 1944

Struck from the Naval Register, 22 August 1944

USS LST-314 earned three battle stars for World War II service

Specifications:

Displacement

1,625 t.(lt)

4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)

2,366 t. (beaching displacement)

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)

limiting 11' 2"

maximum navigation 14' 1"

Speed 11.6 kts. (trial)

Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons

Complement

9 officers

120 enlisted

Troop Accommodations

14 officers

131 enlisted

Boats 6 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

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 4,300 Bbls

Propulsion

two General Motors 12-567A, 900hp Diesel engines

single Falk Main Reduction Gears

three Diesel-drive 100Kw 230V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

two propellers, 1,700shp

twin rudders

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	144k	Beach group signalman directs USS LST-314 to her landing place on a beach during the Sicily Operation in July-August 1943. US National Archives photo # 80-G-54629, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
1016019709	106k	USS LST-197 and USS LST-314 beached in Salerno Bay, Italy, while disembarking members of the British 5th Infantry Division, 8 September 1943. Imperial War Museum Photo NA6668 by Sgt. Bowman	Martin Hilgers
1016031307	306k	USS LST-314 beached in Salerno Bay, 9-10 September 1943, while troops come ashore.	David Upton
1016031405 NA6628	42k	USS LST-314 beached in Salerno Bay, Italy, while disembarking members of the British 5th Infantry Division, 8 September 1943. Imperial War Museum Photo NA6628 by Sgt. Wackett Imperial War Museum Photo NA6691 by Lt. Gade	Martin Hilgers
1016031406 NA6691	79k		Martin Hilgers
	110k	USS LST-314 unloading British Universal Carriers at Salerno, Italy, 8 September 1943. Imperial War Museum War Office Second World War Official Collection, by Loughlin (Sgt), Photo No. © IWM (NA 6622).	Robert Hurst and Mike Green
	135k	In the background, USS LST-314 just offshore and moored to unload supplies and equipment at the Salerno, Italy Beachhead Landings, 9-10 September,1943. This landing is part of Operation Avalanche, the invasion of Italy. Life Magazine Archives - George Rodger Photographer, shared by Peter DeForest	Mike Green
	88k	USS LST-314 and USS LST-374 loading supplies at Castletown, Portland, English in preparation for the Invasion of Normandy, early June 1944. *LST-314* was sunk by German motor torpedo boats, 9 June 1944. The numbers at the peaks of the LST bows are apparently berth numbers. US Army Signal Corps. photo # C-745 (Color) from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.	Bill Gonyo
	87k	USS LST-314 and USS LST-374 loading supplies at Castletown, Portland, English in preparation for the Invasion of Normandy, early June 1944. US Navy photo from the collections of the US Naval Institute	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.

USS LST-314
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR. Tutt, Alvin Harold USN	15 January 1943 - 9 July 1944


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