Allied Warships
USS LST 387 (LST 387)
Landing ship dock of the LST class
Stern of LST 387 showing the damage done by the torpedo attack by U-593
| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Landing ship dock |
| Class | LST |
| Pennant | LST 387 |
| Built by | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 20 Jun 1942 |
| Launched | 28 Sep 1942 |
| Commissioned | 17 Nov 1942 |
| End service | 2 May 1946 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned on 2 May 1946. Hit by U-boat |
| U-boat Attack | See our U-boat attack entry for the USS LST 387 |
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Noteable events involving LST 387 include:
22 Jun 1943
At 21.31 hours on 22 June 1943, U-593 fired a spread of four torpedoes at the convoy Elastic about eight nautica miles north-east of Cape Corbelin in position 36º59'N, 04º01'E and hit the USS LST-333 and USS LST-387 with one torpedo each. The first was beached and declared a total loss, while the latter was towed to Dellys and later repaired. The torpedoeing of these two ships hampers the training for the forthcoming invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky).
USS LST-387 was towed to Dellys by the landing craft USS LCT-294 and USS LCT-431. The vessel was subsequently repaired and returned to service. (see map)