USS LST 262
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:
Laid down, 7 September 1942, at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA.
Launched, 13 February 1943
Commissioned USS LST-262, 16 June 1943, LT. Herman W. Klotz, USCGR in command
During World War II USS LST-262 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater:
LST Flotilla Twelve;
LST Group Thirty-Five
LST Division Sixty-Nine and participated in the following action/campaign:
Europe-Africa-Middle East
Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
Convoy UGS-36, 1 April 1944 Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944
Decommissioned, 14 January 1946
Struck from the Naval Register, 19 June 1946
USS LST-262 earned two battle stars for World War II service
Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 9 December 1947, to N. Block and Co., Norfolk, VA.
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