Posted by Cyril M. Pombier on 11/14/2005, 4:16 pm, in reply to "LST 376" LST-376 was laid down on 25 November 1942 at Quincy, Mass., by the Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched on 1 February 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Harold C. Pierce; and commissioned on 5 February 1943. During World War II, LST-376 was assigned to the European theater and participated in the following operations: Sicilian occupation—July 1943 Salerno landings—September 1943 Invasion of Normandy—June 1944 LST-376 was torpedoed and sunk by a German surface craft in the English Channel on 9 June 1944 and struck from the Navy list on 28 June 1944. LST-376 earned three battle stars for World War II service.
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