LST - 294

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LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:
Laid down, 12 October 1943, at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA.
Launched, 15 December 1943
Commissioned USS LST-294, 20 January 1944, ENS. Edward J. Cantelope, USNR, in command
During World War II USS LST-294 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign:
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
Campaign and Dates
Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944
USS LST-294 was in the first wave of LSTs to land on Omaha Beach
Decommissioned, 18 December 1945
Struck from the Naval Register, 8 January 1946
Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 13 October 1947, to Luria Bros. and Co., Philadelphia, PA.
USS LST-294 earned one battle star for World War II service