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USS LST-370


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Alpha - Quebec
 NCAQ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 31 October 1942, at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, MA.
  • Launched, 12 December 1942
  • Commissioned USS LST-370, 13 January 1943, LT. Douglas M. Hicks, USNR, in command
  • During World War II USS LST-370 was assigned to the Europe-Africa- Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    European-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  

  • Decommissioned, 7 January 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 12 April 1946
  • USS LST-370 earned three battle stars for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, sold for conversion to merchant service, 3 February 1947, to Ming-Sung Industrial Co., Ltd.
    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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    LST-370
    1016037001     		119k USS LST-370 (left) and HM LST-363 (right) moored on a ramp at Southampton, England while Canadian soldiers wounded at the Normandy beachhead are being carried ashore, 8 June 1944.
    Canada’s Military History    		 Mike Green
    USS LST-370
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Hicks, Douglas M., USNR13 January 1943 - May 1944
    02LT. Sauers, Charles E., USNRMay 1944 - September 1944
    03LT. Bleloch, Richard C., USNRSeptember 1944 - May 1945
    04LT. Wachter, J. E., USNRMay 1945 - 7 January 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    The USS LST Ship Memorial
    LST Home Port
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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