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USS LST-375

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Alpha - November
NDAN

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (Salerno landings, retroactive) - American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (3)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Individual Awards

Medal of Honor (Posthumously) and Purple Heart Ens. John Joseph Parle (Invasion of Sicily, July 9-10, 1943);
Bronze Star (with combat V) LT. Edward R. Buck, Jr. (Invasion of Normandy, June 1944);
Purple Hearts (1 KIA, 27 WIA - Salerno)

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 25 November 1942, at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, MA.

Launched, 28 January 1943

Commissioned USS LST-375, 2 February 1943, LT. Edward R. Buck Jr., USNR, in command

During World War II USS LST-375 was assigned to the European theater and participated in the:

Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
Sicilian occupation, 9 to 15 July 1943	Salerno landings, 9 to 21 September 1943
Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944

Following World War II USS LST-375 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 18 January to 20 February 1946

Decommissioned, 18 July 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 10 June 1947

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 31 December 1948, to Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, PA.

USS LST-375 earned three battle stars 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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	53k	USS LST-375 beached at Salerno, 9 September 1943. She is on fire after being hit by German Artillery.	Sandy Buck, son of CAPT. Edward R Buck Jr. (CO USS LST-375
	70k	USS LST-375 beached while unloading supplies at the beachhead after the Allied invasion at Salerno, circa 9 September 1943.	Australian War Memorial
1016037509	95k	USS LST-375 beached at Salerno while unloading men and equipment of the British 5th Infantry Division, circa 9 September 1943. Imperial War Museum photo # NA66311	Martin Hilgers
1016000601	327k	USS LST-6 and USS LST-375 in the harbor at Portland, England, circa May-June 1944 while preparing for Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy, France. TimeLife_Image_116688771, Photographer David Scherman. For non-commercial use only.	David Upton
	53k	USS LST-375 beached at Normandy while unloading vehicles, circa 6 to 25 June 1944.	Sandy Buck, son of CAPT. Edward R Buck Jr. (CO USS LST-375
	39k	USS LST-375 moored pierside, Navy Day, 27 October 1945, place unknown.	Mike Guarino
	50k	USS LST-375 moored pierside, Navy Day, 27 October 1945, location unknown.	Mike Guarino
	38k	USS LST-375 LCVP-4 in her davits, Navy Day, 27 October 1945, location unknown.	Mike Guarino
	47k	USS LST-375 crew on parade. Appears to possibly be her decommissioning ceremony, 18 July 1946, place unknown.	Mike Guarino

USS LST-375
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Buck Jr., Edward R., USNR	2 February 1943 - July 1945
02	LT. Perkins, T. A.	July 1945 - September 1945
03	LTjg. Mueller, Francis J., USNR	September 1945 - March 1946
04	ENS. Pickering, Charles W., USNR	March 1946 - 18 July 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
Salerno Landings After Action Report
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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