USSLST-388 in Normandy on 12 June 1944
History
United States
Name	LST-388
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding,Virginia
Laid down	20 June 1942
Launched	28 September 1942
Sponsored by	Mrs. Barbara Ann Besse
Commissioned	20 November 1942
Decommissioned	1 February 1947
Stricken	25 February 1947
Identification	Callsign: NCZY
Honors & awards	SeeAwards
Fate	Scrapped, 7 April 1948
General characteristics
Class & type	LST-1-classtank landing ship
Displacement	4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full load 2,160 long tons (2,190 t) landing
Length	328 ft (100 m)oa
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft Landing at 2,160 t: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
Installed power	2 × 900 hp (670 kW)Electro-Motive Diesel12-567Adiesel engines 1,700 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Falk mainreduction gears 2 ×Propellers
Speed	12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range	24,000 nmi (44,000 km; 28,000 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) while displacing 3,960 long tons (4,024 t)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 or 6 xLCVPs
Capacity	2,100 tons oceangoing maximum 350 tons main deckload
Troops	16officers, 147enlisted men
Complement	13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament	Varied, ultimate armament 2 × twin40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors guns 4 × single 40 mm Bofors guns 12 ×20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons

USSLST-388 was aLST-1-classtank landing ship in theUnited States Navy duringWorld War II.^[1]

LST-388 waslaid down on 20 June 1942 atNewport News Shipbuilding,Newport News,Virginia.Launched on 28 September 1942 andcommissioned on 20 November 1942.^[2]

During World War II,LST-388 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle theater but later changed to Asiatic-Pacific theater. During theNorth African occupation,Tunisian operations, she took part from 8 November 1942 to 9 July 1943. She take part in theSicilian occupation inItaly from 9 to 15 July 1943 and theSalerno landings from 9 to 21 September of the same year.

She then participated in theInvasion of Normandy from 6 to 25 June 1944.

She participated in theOperation Crossroads theatomic bomb tests atBikini Atoll in July 1946 and took on an important role as a general supply, provisions, hospital, and recreation.

She wasdecommissioned on 1 February 1947.

Transferred to theUnited States Maritime Administration to await her fate.

LST-388 was struck from theNavy Register on 25 February 1947 and scrapped byBethlehem Steel Company on 7 April 1948.^[1]

LST-388 have earned the following awards:

• American Campaign Medal
• Combat Action Ribbon
• European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4battle stars)
• Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
• World War II Victory Medal

• United States. Dept. of the Treasury (1962).Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic and Other Laws, Volume 97. U.S. Government Printing Office.
• Moore, Capt. John (1984).Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85. Jane's Information Group.ISBN 978-0710607959.
• Saunders, Stephen (2009).Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group.ISBN 978-0710628886.
• Fairplay International Shipping Journal Volume 222. United Kingdom: Fairplay Publishing Limited. 1967.

• World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
• Ships built in Newport News, Virginia
• 1942 ships
• LST-1-class tank landing ships of the United States Navy
• Naval ships of Operation Husky
• Naval ships of Operation Neptune

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