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USS LST-379

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Foxtrot - Bravo
NCFB

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 12 December 1942, at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, MA.

Launched, 6 February 1943

Commissioned USS LST-379, 12 February 1943, LT. John T. Salistean, USN, in command

During World War II USS LST-379 was assigned to both the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and the Asiatic-Pacific Theater participated in the following campaigns:

Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
Sicilian occupation 9 to 15 July 1943	West Coast of Italy operations 1944 Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings, 21 January to 1 March 1944
Salerno landings, 9 to 21 September 1943	Invasion of Normandy 6 to 25 June 1944

While assigned in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater USS LST-379 came under the command of :
LST Flotilla Thirty-Seven, CAPT. Riley;
LST Group One Hundred Nine, CDR. E. W, Wilson USNR;
LST Division Two Hundred Seventeen

Following World War II USS LST-379 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 11 to 23 September 1945

Decommissioned, 28 February 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 20 March 1946

USS LST-379 earned four battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 12 April 1948, to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, PA.

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	170k	USS LST-379 crew photo, date and location unknown.	Steve Benoist for his grandfather Emile Charles Benoist QM USS LST-379
	185k	USS LST-379 bridge crew photo, (Emile Charles Benoist is in center front row directly in the middle of this photo), date and location unknown.	Steve Benoist for his grandfather Emile Charles Benoist QM USS LST-379
III-SC 181221	966k	USS LST-379 unloading tanks of C Company, 191st Tank Battalion across a pontoon causeway near Salerno, Italy, 9 September 1943. US Army Signal Corps, photos III-SC 181221, Box 181M and III-SC 181222, Box 181, now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Dave Kerr
III-SC 181222	944k		Dave Kerr
	1541k	USS LST-379 the British Boxer Class Type Mk1 LST HMS Bruiser and USS LST-16 land tanks and reinforcements at Salerno, 9 July 1943. US Signal Corps photo # SC 181224 now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Dave Kerr
	147k	USS LST-379 and USS LST-360 beached at Anzio, February 1944.	David Reeker for his Grandfather LTjg. Walter Reeker USNR USS LST-360
	124k	USS LST-379 beached, probably at Normandy, June 1944	Steve Benoist for his grandfather Emile Charles Benoist QM USS LST-379
	237k	USS LST 583, and USS LST-379 with *LCT(6)-707* on her main deck, beached, probably in Philippines sometime in 1945. James H Murphy standing on far right.	Kathleen Golden for her father James H. Murphy USS LST-623

USS LST-379
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Salistean, John T., USN	12 February 1943 - 23 November 1943
02	LT. Chase, James B., USNR	23 November 1943 - 31 March 1945
03	LT. Pysmenny, Martin D., USNR	31 March 1945 - 28 February 1946


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

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