USS LST-357
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USS LST-357 was an Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". of the United States Navy active during the Second World War. Whilst never formally named, she was nicknamed Palermo Pete by her crew.
Service history
She was laid down in October 1942 at the Charleston Navy Yard, and commissioned in February 1943.
LST-357 first saw action at the invasion of Sicily in July 1943. During the Salerno landings on 9 September, a crew of just under 150 of all ranks took some 90 casualties. One crew member, Warren C. Gill, was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions, making him one of just six Coast Guardsmen to be awarded the Navy Cross during World War II.[1]
In 1944 she moved to England for 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 decommissioned in June 1946 and sold for scrapping in April 1948.
Notes
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- Public Domain This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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