| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Tank landing ship |
| Class | LST (Mk 2) |
| Pennant | LST 348 |
| Built by | Norfolk Navy Yard (Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 20 May 1942 |
| Laid down | 10 Nov 1942 |
| Launched | 7 Feb 1943 |
| Commissioned | 9 Feb 1943 |
| Lost | 20 Feb 1944 |
| Loss position | 40° 57'N, 13° 14'E |
| History | At 01.57 hours on 20 February 1944 USS LST 348 was torpedoed by U-410 and was sunk at 02.21 hours by a coup de grâce about 40 nautical miles south of Naples, Italy in position 40º57'N, 13º14'E. The vessel was participating in the landings in Anzio-Nettuno, Operation Shingle. Hit by U-boat |
| U-boat Attack | See our U-boat attack entry for the USS LST 348 |
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