LST 382 USS Landing Ship, Tank

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This miniature sheet shows the USS LSTs 380 – 499 – 284 – 382, from right to left.

Laid down, 10 December 1942, at the Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, MA.
Launched, 3 February 1943
Commissioned USS LST 382, 18 February 1943

Specifications: (as reported by Office of Naval Intelligence-1945)
Displacement 1,625 t.(lt), 4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)
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)
Speed 12 kts. (maximum)
Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons
Complement
7 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
Propulsion two General Motors 12-567, 900hp diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders

During World War II USS LST-382 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theatre and participated in the following campaigns: Sicilian occupation, July 1943. Salerno landings, September 1943. Invasion of Normandy June 1944.

Decommissioned and transferred to the United Kingdom, 29 November 1944
Transferred, on lease, to France, 23 January 1948, name retained
Sold out right to France, 21 March 1949, and commissioned RFS LST-382
While in French service known to have been used as an immobile repair ship at Saigon, South Vietnam
Struck from the Naval Register, 28 April 1949
January 1948 sold to the Frence Navy and renamed RFS La PAILOTTE.
Final Disposition, fate unknown

USS LST-382 earned three battle stars for World War II service
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Source: http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160382.htm
Peter Crichton
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