Commissioned USS LST-338, 20 December 1942, LT. Darrell A. Stratton, USN, in command. 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.

2015年7月30日 · LST-338 was laid down on 17 July 1942 at the Norfolk Navy Yard; launched on 8 November 1942; sponsored by Mrs. R. I. Coleman; and commissioned on 20 December 1942, Lt. D. A. Stratton, USNR, in...

2001年1月4日 · Description, history, and photograph(s) of Landing Ship, Tank USS LST-338 in WWII

LST-338 was straddled by Italian shellfire as soon as it beached. Italian artillery intensified firing at the eastern beach from 07:10 until Boise and Savannah temporarily silenced the batteries at 09:40. Landing craft temporarily stopped using the beach when Italian artillery resumed firing at 10:10 and destroyed some landing craft and ...

LST - 338 was laid down on 17 July 1942 at the Norfolk Navy Yard; launched on 8 November 1942; sponsored by Mrs. R. I. Coleman; and commissioned on 20 December 1942, Lt. D. A. Stratton, USNR, in command.

2021年5月14日 · "fold3" has a 45 page Action Report for LST-338 from 5 June 1944 to 20/21? June 1944 which provides detailed information regarding operations for that period. Beaches specifically mentioned are 'Easy Red Beach - Omaha', 'Jig Green Beach - Gold', and 'Easy Green …

LST-338 was laid down on 17 July 1942 at the Norfolk Navy Yard; launched on 8 November 1942; sponsored by Mrs. R.I. Coleman; and commissioned on 20 December 1942, Lt. D.A. Stratton, USNR, in command. Upon returning to the United States, the tank landing ship was decommissioned on 6 May 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 23 June 1947.

2019年7月1日 · USS LST-338 is unloading tanks across a pontoon causeway. US Army Signal Corps photo. USS LST-344, (left) and USS LST-338 (right) unloading troops and supplies on the Gela invasion beaches in Sicily on "D-Day", 10 July 1943. Broached LCVP at right is from USS Barnett (APA-5). Next LCVP to the left is from USS Monrovia (APA-31).

Decommissioned on 6 May 1946. Sold on 3 December 1947. Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel. Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page. The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat.

USS LST-338; Laid down, 17 July 1942, at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth VA. Launched, 8 November 1942; Commissioned , 20 December 1942; Decommissioned, 6 May 1946; Struck from the Naval Register, 23 June 1947; Sold to the Southern Trading Co., Philadelphia PA., 3 December 1947, for conversion to merchant service; Final Disposition, fate unknown