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Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns |
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| Campaign and Dates | Campaign and Dates |
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| Sicilian occupation, 9 to 15 July 1943 | West Coast of Italy operations-1944
Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings, 22 January to 3 February 1944 |
| Salerno landings, 9 to 21 September 1943 | Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944 |
| Convoy KMS-31, 11 November 1943 |
Royal Navy History Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LST-385, circa 30 November 1944 HM LST-385 participated in the following operations: Relief of southern Norway As part of "W" Task Force HM LST-385 worked down the Arakan coast of Burma and participated in the recapture of Rangoon, before proceeding to the eventual invasion of Malaya at Morib and Port Swettenham, and so to Singapore and Bangkok etc. doing relief work repatriating ex P.O.W.s of the Japanese Paid off Singapore and returned to US Navy custody at Subic Bay, Philippines, 16 March 1946
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286k | USS LST-385 moored pierside with bow doors open and inner door closed, 15 November 1942, most likely at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.,
Newport News, VA..
Courtesy of National Museum of U.S. Navy |
Brian Baird | |
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163k | Troops lead Army mules ashore at Licata, Sicily in July 1943 during the invasion landings. USS LST-385 is at right, with a
truck-mounted radar on her bow.
US National Archives photo # SC SC 175768 a US Army Signal Corps photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command | |
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118k | USS LST-385 beached, date and location unknown. | Hugh G. Whiting Jr.OS2(sw) USN (04-08) USS Paul Hamilton (05-08) in memory of his grandfather Alexander Antoni Michalkiewicz S/2c USS LST-385 | |
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174k | During the Anzio Invasion DUKW amphibious trucks prepare to move inland after landing on the Fifth Army Beachhead near Anzio.
the LST in center appears to be USS LST-385. USS LST-349 and
LCT(5)-198 are at right, circa 22 January - 25 February 1944.
US National Archives photo # SC 184436 a US Army Signal Corps photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command | |
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56k | USS LST-385 drydocked for battle damage repair received during the invasion of Anzio, date and location unknown. | Curtis Barber | |
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56k | USS LST-385 being floated out of drydock after completion of battle damage repair, date and location unknown. | Curtis Barber | |
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44k | USS LST-385 shipboard entertainment, date and location unknown. | Curtis Barber | |
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57k | USS LST-385 crew member on deck during rough weather, date and location unknown. | Curtis Barber | |
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2030k | Menu for a farewell dinner aboard HM LST-326 for Captain G Owles when Force W was paid off in Singapore on 9 February 1946. The menu consists of three sheets of paper stapled together and represents the bow doors and ramp opening. | Colin E C Pilcher Flt Lt RAF (retired) for his father LCDR. Leonard George Pilcher RNVR Commanding Officer HM LST-326 | |
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| Commanding Officers | ||
| 01 | LT. Warner, Philip A., USNR | 6 November 1942 - May 1943 |
| 02 | LT. Brock, Jerome, USNR | May 1943 - September 1943 |
| 03 | LTjg. Madson, Marlow Clarence, LTJG, USN (acting CO) | September 1943 - October 1943 |
| 04 | LT. Brock, Jerome, USNR | October 1943 - 12 January 1944 |
| 05 | LTjg. Stasavich, Clarence, USNR | 12 January 1944 - 29 November 1944 |
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