{{Short description|1942 LST-1-class tank landing ship}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image= LST-332.jpg |image_caption=''LST-332'' with an LCT loaded on her main deck, July 1943 }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country=United States |flag= {{USN flag|1945}} |name= USS ''LST-332'' |namesake= |ordered= |builder=Philadelphia Navy Yard |laid_down= 29 October 1942 |launched= 24 December 1942 |acquired= |commissioned= 6 February 1943 |decommissioned= 22 May 1945 |in_service= |out_of_service= |reclassified= |struck= 12 March 1946 |reinstated= |homeport= |fate= Sold to merchant service, 17 October 1946 |notes= }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |class= LST-1 class tank landing ship |displacement=*{{convert|1625|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} light *{{convert|4080|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} full |length= {{convert|328|ft|m|abbr=on}} |beam= {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}} |draft=*''Unloaded'' *{{convert|2|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}} bow *{{convert|7|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} stern *''Loaded'' *{{convert|8|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}} bow *{{convert|14|ft|1|in|m|abbr=on}} stern |propulsion=2 × General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders |speed= {{convert|12|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}} |range= |boats=Six LCVPs |capacity= |troops=14 officers, 131 enlisted men |complement=9 officers, 120 enlisted men |sensors= |EW= |armament=*2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts (Mark 51 director) *4 × single 40 mm gun mounts *12 × single 20 mm gun mounts |armor= |notes= }}
|section4={{Infobox ship/service record |header_caption= |partof= |codes= |commanders= |operations=*World War II *Operation Husky *Operation Avalanche *Operation Overlord |victories= |awards=3 battle stars }} }} '''USS ''LST-332''''' was one of 390 tank landing ships (LSTs) built for the United States Navy during World War II.
''LST-332'' was laid down on 29 October 1942 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard; launched on 24 December 1942; sponsored by Mrs. G. W. Henderson; and commissioned on 6 February 1943.
==Service history== During World War II, ''LST-332'' 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 22 May 1945 for conversion to landing craft repair ship '''USS ''Feronia'' (ARL-45)''' at the New York Navy Yard. The conversion was canceled 12 September 1945 and the ship reverted to ''LST-332''; she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 12 March 1946. On 17 October 1946 the tank landing ship was sold to the Suwannee Steamship Company of Charleston, South Carolina for conversion to merchant service. ''LST-332'' earned three battle stars for World War II service.
==See also== * List of United States Navy LSTs
==References== {{DANFS}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lst-332.html|title=''LST-332''|work=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships|access-date=6 May 2007}} * {{cite web|title=LST-332 / ARL-45 ''Feronia''|website=NavSource |url=http://www.navsource.net/archives/10/16/160332.htm|access-date=6 May 2007}}
{{LST-1 class tank landing ship}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lst-0332}} Category:World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States Category:Ships built in Philadelphia Category:1942 ships Category:LST-1-class tank landing ships of the United States Navy Category:Naval ships of Operation Neptune