USS LST-357

USS LST-357

USS "LST-357" was an LST-1 class tank landing ship of the United States Navy active during the Second World War. Whilst never formally named, she was nicknamed "Palermo Pete" by her crew.

She was laid down in October 1942 at the Charleston Navy Yard, and commissioned in February 1943.

"LST-357" first saw service at the invasion of Sicily in July 1943, and then at the Salerno landings in September, where a crew of just under 150 all ranks took some 90 casualties. In 1944 she moved to England to support the Normandy landings, landing on Omaha Beach on D-Day.

Following the end of the war, she served on occupation duties in the Far East, before being decomissioned in June 1946 and sold for scrapping in April 1948.

References

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/l16/lst-357.htm LST-357] , "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships"
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160357.htm LST-357] , NavSource Online


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