On 19 June 1946, the tank landing ship was struck from the Navy list and sold to N. Block & Co., Norfolk, Va., on 10 December 1947 and subsequently scrapped. LST-394 earned two battle stars for...

Commissioned USS LST-394, 15 December 1942, LT. John H. Peden, 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 …

Landing craft leave the flooded dock under ther own power, through stern gates. Click on "LST-##" for link to page with specifications, history, photographs (where available). LSTs carry …

The tank landing ship served with the Military Sealift Command as USNS LST-399 (T-LST-399) from 31 March 1952 until struck from the Navy list on 1 November 1973 and subsequently scrapped. LST-399 earned five battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation for …

Commands listed for HMS LST 394 (LST 394) Please note that we're still working on this section and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.

An LST sits at a dry dock. L.S.T. 394 in dry-dock at Palermo, Sicily. Italy." Sicily. 1944. Items from the service of Radioman Third Class Myron Duncan Milton, who served aboard the USS LST-659 in the Mediterranean and Pacific Theaters of Operation. Milton was born on 10 May 1925 in Dozier, Alabama.

LST-394 Year Built 9999 Official Number -- Shipyard -- General Type Naval Combatant Specific Type LST Tank Landing Ship MARAD Type Military Ship Length -- Beam -- Mast Height -- Net Tons -- Gross Tons -- Cargo Capacity -- Draft, Summer -- Draft, Lightweight -- Displacement, Summer -- Displacement, Lightweight -- Immersion, Summer -- Immersion ...

The Prototype (British conversion), Type I and Type III LST designs were built in Commonwealth shipyards in England, Ireland or Canada. Originally conceived in the United Kingdom and known as a Tank Landing Craft (TLC), the design was brought to the United States by a delegation from the Admiralty and was submitted to the United States Navy’s ...

The LST built by U.S. shipyards for the U.S. Navy was technically the LST Mk. 2: the Mk. 1 and Mk. 3 were the British versions. All the Mk. 2s were essentially the same, 1,625 light tons …

This information on the USS LST-394 comes from a variety of sources ranging from Jane's Fighting Ships to official US Naval (Department of the Navy) documents, materials from sailors and donors to our collection.