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Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns |
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Campaigns and Dates | Campaigns and Dates |
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Sicilian occupation, 9 to 15 July 1943 | Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944 |
Salerno landings, 9 to 21 September 1943 |
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241k | USS LST-338 commissioning crew, 20 December 1942, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth VA.
Photo courtesy Gary Zearott |
Tommy Trampp | |
39k | LST-338 and LST-337 soon after launch at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth VA. US Navy photo. |
Hyperwar US Navy in WWII | ||
118k | USS LST-337 and USS LST-338 beached at Amphibious Training Base Camp Bradford, VA., circa 1943. US Navy photo postcard |
Tommy Trampp | ||
1251k | USS LST-338 laying off the Gela beachhead, 10 July 1943, as a group of DUKS prepare to land.
US Army Signal Corps photo # III SC 180446, by Osborne, from the US Army Signal Corps Collection now in the US National Archives. |
Dave Kerr | ||
255k | USS LST-338 and USS LST-344 beached at Red Beach Gela Sicily, 10 July 1943. USS
LST-338 is unloading tanks across a pontoon causeway. US Army Signal Corps photo. |
Raymond Cvetovich, Ph.D. | ||
913k | Sicily Invasion, July 1943 - USS LST-344, (left) and USS LST-338 (right) unloading troops and supplies on the Gela invasion beaches 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).
US Army Signal Corps photo # III SC 180443, by Paris, from the US Army Signal Corps Collection now in the US National Archives. |
Dave Kerr | ||
III SC 181044 |
698k | USS LST-338 beached at Gela, Sicily, 10 July 1943, unloading vehicles across a causeway. Original caption reads "View of beach, Gela, Sicily, with Landing Ship Tanks unloading along with assault craft of smaller types" US National Archives photos # III-SC 18043, Box 181, # III-SC 18044, Box 181 and # III-SC 18045, Box 181 US Army Signal Corps photos now in the collections of the US National Archives |
Dave Kerr | |
III SC 181043 |
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III SC 181045 |
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840k | USS LST-338 beached at the Gela beachhead, 10 July 1943, while unloading men and materials.
US Army Signal Corps photo # III SC 180452, by Osborne, from the US Army Signal Corps Collection now in the US National Archives. |
Dave Kerr | ||
947k | USS LST-338 and USS LST-344 beached at the Gela beachhead in Sicily, 10 July 1943, while unloading men and materials.
US Army Signal Corps photo # III SC 180453, by Osborne, from the US Army Signal Corps Collection now in the US National Archives. |
Dave Kerr | ||
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257k | USS LST-338 unloading vehicles across a pontoon causeway at Salerno, Italy, 9 to 21 September 1943.
US National Archives Identifier 205578959 Local Identifier 26-G-09-24-43(2). US Coast Guard photo # 92443-2. |
David Upton | |
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43k | USS LST-338 unloading at the Normandy beachhead in June 1944
US Navy photos now in the collections of the US National Archives. Photos courtesy Gary Zearott |
Tommy Trampp | |
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32k | USS LST-356 and USS LST-338 testing loading/unloading railroad cars, probably at Mayflower Park Southampton, England, date unknown. | Dr Andy Russel BA PhD MCIFA Archaeology Unit Manager Southampton City Council Tommy Trampp |
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62k | USS LST-338, equipped with Brodie gear, at anchor off NAB Little Creek, VA., circa 1946. | Photos by Ens. W.R. Santschi USS LST-509 |
Commanding Officers | ||
01 | LT. Stratton, Darrell Arthur, USN | 20 December 1942 - April 1945 |
02 | LT. Daubenspeck, L. R., USNR | April 1945 - August 1945 |
03 | LT. Catoe Jr., Earl V., USNR | August 1945 = December 1945 |
04 | LT. Riker, A. S., USN | December 1945 - 6 May 1946 |
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