USS LST-355 was an LST-1-class tank landing ship of the United States Navy active during the Second World War. She was laid down in September 1942 at the Charleston Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs. Wendell E. Kraft and commissioned in December 1942. Lt. Norman L. Knipe, Jr., USNR, in command.LST-355 first saw service at the invasion of Sicily in July 1943, and then at the Salerno landings in September.