USS LST-345

LST-345 was laid down on 17 October 1942 at the Norfolk Navy Yard; launched on 15 December 1942; sponsored by Mrs. John B. Brown; and commissioned on 21 January 1943. LST 345 departed US shores for northern Africa on May 1, 1943.

During World War II, LST-345 was assigned to the European theater and participated in the following operations:

Support of Allied Operations in Northern Africa

Sicilian occupation – July 1943

Salerno landings – September 1943

Invasion of Normandy – June 1944

While operating out of Bizerte, Tunisia, LST 345 was exposed to German air raids every night for three months.

* Sailing to Britain from the Mediterranean, LST 345 encountered a Nazi Wolfpack in the Atlantic.

* LST 345 made 56 trips between Britain and France in support of the Allied offensive in Europe.

References

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