USS LST-371 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship of the United States Navy. She was laid down at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Massachusetts on 29 October 1942 and launched on 12 December 1942. The ship and crew went from Quincy to New York City, New York for final outfitting. On 1 May 1943 they left New York for Tunis, Tunisia, on the North African coast, arriving there on 27 May 1943. While in North Africa LST-371 was based at La Goulette Bay.