USS LST-317

LST-317 LST-317 with visitors aboard, likely on the date of commissioning at New York Navy Yard, 6 February 1943
History
Name:	USS LST-317
Builder:	New York Navy Yard
Laid down:	15 October 1942
Launched:	28 January 1943
Commissioned:	6 February 1943
Decommissioned:	18 May 1945
Struck:	12 March 1946
Fate:	Sold to merchant service, 22 January 1947
General characteristics
Class & type:	LST-1 class tank landing ship
Displacement:	1,625 long tons (1,651 t) light 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full
Length:	328 ft (100 m)
Beam:	50 ft (15 m)
Draft:	Unloaded : 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) bow 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) stern Loaded : 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) bow 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) stern
Propulsion:	2 × General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
Speed:	12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Boats & landing craft carried:	Six LCVPs
Troops:	14 officers, 131 enlisted men
Complement:	9 officers, 120 enlisted men
Armament:	2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts (Mark 51 director) 4 × single 40 mm gun mounts 12 × single 20 mm gun mounts
Service record
Operations:	World War II Operation Husky Operation Avalanche Operation Overlord
Awards:	3 battle stars

USS LST-317 was one of 390 tank landing ships (LSTs) built for the United States Navy during World War II.

LST-317 was laid down on 15 October 1942 at the New York Navy Yard; launched on 28 January 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Florence Whitehouse; and commissioned on 6 February 1943.

Service history

During World War II, LST-317 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 18 May 1945 for conversion to landing craft repair ship USS Conus (ARL-44) at the New York Navy Yard. The conversion was canceled 12 September 1945 and the ship reverted to LST-317; she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 12 March 1946. On 22 January 1947 the tank landing ship was sold to A. G. Schoonmaker. Her final fate is unknown.

LST-317 earned three battle stars for World War II service.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

See also

• List of United States Navy LSTs