USS LST-316
{{Short description|WWII tank carrier ship}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= Image:LST-316.jpg |Ship caption=LST-316 moored bow-to-stern with an unidentified LST }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United States |Ship flag= {{USN flag|1946}} |Ship name= USS LST-316 |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=New York Navy Yard |Ship laid down= 7 September 1942 |Ship launched= 28 January 1943 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= 3 February 1943 |Ship decommissioned= 24 May 1945 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship reclassified= |Ship struck= 12 March 1946 |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship fate= Sold to merchant service, 23 December 1946, scrapped 1966/7 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= LST-1 class tank landing ship |Ship displacement=*{{convert|1625|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} light
|Ship length= {{convert|328|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam= {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship draft=*Unloaded :
|Ship propulsion=2 × General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders |Ship speed= {{convert|12|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}} |Ship range= |Ship boats=Six LCVPs |Ship capacity= |Ship troops=14 officers, 131 enlisted men |Ship complement=9 officers, 120 enlisted men |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts (Mark 51 director)
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USS LST-316 was one of 390 tank landing ships (LSTs) built for the United States Navy during World War II.
LST-316 was laid down on 15 October 1942 at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York; launched on 28 January 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Pearl Magdalene Frick; and commissioned on 3 February 1943.
Service history
During World War II, LST-316 was assigned to the European theater and participated in the Sicilian occupation (July 1943), Salerno landings (September 1943), and Invasion of Normandy (June 1944).
Upon her return to the United States, she was decommissioned on 24 May 1945 for conversion to landing craft repair ship USS Cerberus (ARL-43) at New York Navy Yard. The conversion was canceled 12 September 1945 and the ship reverted to LST-316; she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 12 March 1946. On 23 December 1946 she was sold to James Hughes, Inc. of New York, New York for conversion to merchant service.
LST-316 earned three battle stars for World War II service.
Image:LST-316 LST-60 and LST-535.jpg, and LST-535 beached at Normandy, June 1944.]]
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References
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- {{cite web|title=LST-316|work=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/l15/lst-316.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040624183015/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/l15/lst-316.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 June 2004|access-date=5 May 2007}}
- {{cite web|title=LST-316 / ARL-43 Cerberus|work=Amphibious Photo Archive
|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160316.htm|access-date=5 May 2007}}
See also
{{LST-1 class tank landing ship}}
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Category:World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
Category:Ships built in Brooklyn
Category:LST-1-class tank landing ships of the United States Navy
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