LST-342

USN

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Ship History
Built in the Navy shipyard in Norfolk Naval Yard, Virginia. Commissioned on December 15, 1942.

Wartime History
On July 18, 1943, she was hit by a torpedo from the Japanese submarine RO106 off New Georgia and blown into two sections. The stern sank immediately. The bow somehow remained afloat and was towed to Purvis Bay / 'Tokyo Bay' in the Florida Islands and beached so that useable equipment could be salvaged, then was abandoned.

Shipwreck
The bow is exposed above water, in the shallows of the bay to this day.

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