USS LST-388 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II.[1]
 USS LST-388 in Normandy on 12 June 1944
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | LST-388 |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia |
| Laid down | 20 June 1942 |
| Launched | 28 September 1942 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Barbara Ann Besse |
| Commissioned | 20 November 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 1 February 1947 |
| Stricken | 25 February 1947 |
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| Honors and awards | See Awards |
| Fate | Scrapped, 7 April 1948 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
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| Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
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| Speed | 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Range | 24,000 nmi (44,000 km; 28,000 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) while displacing 3,960 long tons (4,024 t) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 or 6 x LCVPs |
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| Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
| Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
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Construction and career
editLST-388 was laid down on 20 June 1942 at Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia. Launched on 28 September 1942 and commissioned on 20 November 1942.[2]
During World War II, LST-388 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle theater but later changed to Asiatic-Pacific theater. During the North African occupation, Tunisian operations, she took part from 8 November 1942 to 9 July 1943. She take part in the Sicilian occupation in Italy from 9 to 15 July 1943 and the Salerno landings from 9 to 21 September of the same year.
She then participated in the Invasion of Normandy from 6 to 25 June 1944.
She participated in the Operation Crossroads the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in July 1946 and took on an important role as a general supply, provisions, hospital, and recreation.
She was decommissioned on 1 February 1947.
Transferred to the United States Maritime Administration to await her fate.
LST-388 was struck from the Navy Register on 25 February 1947 and scrapped by Bethlehem Steel Company on 7 April 1948.[1]
Awards
editLST-388 have earned the following awards:
Citations
edit- ^ a b "Tank Landing Ship LST-388". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "LST-388". NHHC. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
Sources
edit- United States. Dept. of the Treasury (1962). Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic and Other Laws, Volume 97. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- Moore, Capt. John (1984). Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710607959.
- Saunders, Stephen (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710628886.
- Fairplay International Shipping Journal Volume 222. United Kingdom: Fairplay Publishing Limited. 1967.