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49°43′00″N 0°52′00″W / 49.7166667°N 0.8666667°W
 USS LST-314 off Sicily in 1944
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | LST-314 |
| Builder | New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn |
| Laid down | 7 September 1942 |
| Launched | 30 December 1942 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Gertrude F. Holmes |
| Commissioned | 15 January 1943 |
| Stricken | 22 August 1944 |
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| Honors and awards | See Awards |
| Fate | Sunk by torpedo, 9 June 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Range | 24,000 nmi (44,000 km; 28,000 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) while displacing 3,960 long tons (4,024 t) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 or 6 x LCVPs |
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| Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
| Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
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USS LST-314 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II.[1]
Construction and career edit
LST-314 was laid down on 7 September 1942 at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York. Launched on 30 December 1942 and commissioned on 15 January 1943.[2]
During World War II, LST-314 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle theater. She took part in the Invasion of Sicily from 9 to 15 July 1943 and the Salerno landings from 9 to 21 September later that year.
She took part in the Invasion of Normandy from 6 June until her fate on the 9th. On 9 June 1944, she was struck by a torpedo in the Seine Bay while being attacked by the German motor torpedo boats S 172, S 174, S 175 and S 187 and sank with 67 officers and sailors.[3][4]
LST-314 was struck from the Navy Register on 22 August 1944.[1]
Gallery edit
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USS LST-314 taking part in Operation Husky in 1943 -
USS LST-314 alongside USS LST-374 undergoing preparation for the Normandy invasion in 1944
Awards edit
LST-314 have earned the following awards:
Citations edit
- ^ a b "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "LST-314". public1.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "LST-314 | The United States Navy Memorial". navylog.navymemorial.org. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "USS LST 314 (LST 314) of the US Navy - American Tank landing ship of the LST (Mk 2) class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
Sources edit
- United States. Dept. of the Treasury (1962). Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic and Other Laws, Volume 97. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- Moore, Capt. John (1984). Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710607959.
- Saunders, Stephen (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710628886.
- Fairplay International Shipping Journal Volume 222. United Kingdom: Fairplay Publishing Limited. 1967.