AW1Steve
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Joined: 3/10/2007 From: Mordor Illlinois Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: TOMLABEL 16 This particular DE is a favorite of my wife's family. It sank RO-108 , which sank LST-342 , killing almost all of her crew (and my wife's uncle or my father in law's brother). It's commissioning pendant and flag is in the Bremmerton Naval Museum (Pacific Naval Memmorial Museum ) in Bremmerton WA. Thanks for sharing that information, Steve. That is very interesting. Where was LST-342 sunk? USS LST 342 (LST 342) Tank landing ship of the LST class Navy The US Navy Type Tank landing ship Class LST Pennant LST 342 Built by Norfolk Navy Yard (Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.) Ordered Laid down 21 Aug, 1942 Launched 8 Nov, 1942 Commissioned 31 Dec, 1942 Lost 18 Jul, 1943 Loss position 09.03S, 158.11E (See a map) History Torpedoed and sunk on 18 July 1943 by the Japanese submarine RO-106 south-east of New Georgia, Solomon Islands in position 09º03'S, 158º11'E. http://www.richard-seaman.com/Travel/SolomonIslands/NgellaIslands/Lst342/index.html The above link is a photo series of the bow section , that broke off when it sank.
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