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USS LST-350

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Papa - Uniform
NJPU

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

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During World War II USS LST-350 was assigned to the Europe-Africa Middle East Theater and participated in the following operations:

Europe-Africa Middle East Campaigns
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Sicilian occupation, 9 to 15 July 1943	Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944
Salerno landings 9 to 21 September 1943

Final Disposition, sold, 2 December 1946, to the Suwannee Steam Ship Co., Charleston, S.C., and converted for merchant service, fate unknown

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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

13 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

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

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	294k	USS LST-350 en route to North Africa, in company with other LSTs, 15 April 1943. She is carrying as deck cargo an LCT, which is in turn carrying an LCPR and a small patrol boat. US National Archives. Photo # 80-G-71768, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.		Mike Green
	1683k	USS LST-350 is moored pierside in the background as USS LST-359 maneuvers in the harbor at Termini-Imerese, Sicily, 13 September 1943 in support of the Salerno landings. US National Archives photo # III-SC 182818, Box 187, a US Army Signal Corps. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.		Dave Kerr
	1964k	USS LST-358 maneuvering in the harbor at Termini-Imerese, Sicily, 13 September 1943 in support of the Salerno landings. USS LST-347, USS LST-359 and USS LST-350 (broadside view background) are also moored in the harbor. American troops are preparing to board LCI’s to reinforce the 5th Army on the Italian mainland. US National Archives photo # III-SC 182815, Box 187, a US Army Signal Corps. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.		Dave Kerr
III-SC 182826	1411k	USS LST-350 (invasion loading ID number 25) moored in the harbor at Termini-Imerese, Sicily, 13 September 1943, while loading supplies to reinforce the 5th Army at Salerno. The three LSTs to the left in photo III-SC 182826 are from left to right; USS LST-358, (invasion loading ID number 24) USS LST-347 (invasion loading ID number 23) and USS LST-359 (invasion loading ID number 22) US National Archives photos Box 187, # III-SC 182826, III-SC 182827 and III-SC 182828, US Army Signal Corps. photos now in the collections of the US National Archives.		Dave Kerr
III-SC 182827	1608k
III-SC 182828	1187k
1016038209	455k	During the Salerno Invasion motorized equipment rolls out the doors of USS LST-382 onto a floating causeway as they come ashore at Paestum, twenty miles south of Salerno. This picture is one of the first to be released showing the open doors and ramps of an LST. USS LST-350, far distance, waits offshore to beach while LCT-209 is beached and unloading troops and equipment ashore from the transports in the harbor, 2 to 21 September 1943.. US National Archives Identifier 205578932, Local Identifier 26-G-2004, US Coast Guard Photo # 2004		David Upton
	13k	USS LST-350 beached at Normandy, June 1944. Photo by H. Cabell Maddux, Jr.		LST Home Port Web Site

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USS LST-350
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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Commanding Officers
01	LT. Maddux Jr., H. C., USNR	13 February 1943 - 27 April 1944
02	LT. Conroy, J. F., USNR	27 April 1944 - 26 May 1946

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Homeport
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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