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LST-523

Ship Designation: 
LST-523
Date Lost: 
Monday, June 19, 1944
Mined off Normandy
LST-523 was assigned to the European theater and participated in the invasion of Normandy in June 1944, While operating off the Normandy beachhead, LST 523 struck an enemy mine. Forty-two of her men perished in the incident. LST 523 was damaged so severely by the mine explosion that she sank almost immediately after being hit.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 40

Name Service Branchsort ascending
F 1c Theodore Ceplecha USN
MOMM 3c Michael Haltner USN
Ens Frank Vogel USN
F 2c Charles Clair USN
PhM 1c John Miller USN
CPhM James Starbuck USN
WT 1c Charles Dillenburg USN
Sea 1c Hamilton Little USN
SK 1c John Sullivan USN
MOMM 1c Melvin Davis USN
Sea 1c John Lofton USN
MOMM 1c Joseph Williams USN
Ens Homer Damirgian USN
Sea 2c Harvey Lewis USN
Sea 2c Hubert Flowers USN
SC 1c Robert Jacobs USN
F 1c William Forrester USN
QM 3c Thomas Ivey USN
F 1c Roy Farmer USN
Sea 2c Anthony Lazzara USN

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Prepared by CAPT R.O. Strange USN (Ret.)