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USS LST-341


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Victor - Whiskey
 NYVW
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 21 August 1942, at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA.
  • Launched, 8 November 1942
  • Commissioned USS LST-341, 28 December 1942, LT. F. S. Barnett, USN, in command
  • During World War II USS LST-341 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LST Flotilla Five, CAPT. J. R. Clark, USN
     LST Group Fourteen, LCDR. K. L. DeForest USNR / CDR. R.W. Lejeunesse, USN
     LST Division Twenty-Seven and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    New Georgia Group operation
    New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation, 30 June and 4 July 1943
    Vella Lavella occupation, 31 August 1943     		Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Saipan, 15 June to 30 July 1944
    Capture and occupation of Guam, 31 July to 12 August 1944
    Treasury-Bougainville operation
    Occupation and defense of Cape Torokina, 6 and 17 November 1943     		Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 18 October to 29 November 1944

  • Following World War II USS LST-341 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 27 September to 23 October 1945
  • Decommissioned, 14 March 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 12 April 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold, 12 September 1946, to Construction Power and Merchandizing Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. for conversion to merchant service
  • USS LST-341 earned five battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation for World War II service
    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-341 89k USS LST-341 beached at Segi Point, New Georgia, December 1943
    US Navy photo.    		 Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    USS LST-341
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Barnett, F. S., USN28 December 1942 - 9 April 1944
    02LTjg. Epstein, Seymour, USNR9 April 1944 - May 1945
    03LT. Bahrenburg, Noel F., USNRMay 1945 - 23 December 1945
    04ENS. Hess, James A., USNR23 December 1945 - 14 March 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
    LST Flotilla Five War Diary May 1944
    LST Flotilla Five War Diary July 1944
    The USS LST Ship Memorial
    LST Homeport
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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