USS LST-30

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USS LST-30 San Francisco Bay 1945-1946.jpg
USS LST-30 in San Francisco Bay, c. 1945-1946.
History
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameLST-30
Builder Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Laid down12 January 1943
Launched3 May 1943
Sponsored byMrs. C. B. Jansen
Commissioned3 July 1943
Decommissioned6 March 1946
Stricken8 May 1946
Identification
Honors and
awards
Bronze-service-star-3d.png 1 × battle star
FateSold for merchant service, 2 April 1946
General characteristics [1]
Type LST-1-class tank landing ship
Displacement
  • 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full load
  • 2,160 long tons (2,190 t) landing
Length328  ft (100  m) oa
Beam50 ft (15 m)
Draft
  • Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft
  • Landing at 2,160 t: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range24,000 nmi (44,000 km; 28,000 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) while displacing 3,960 long tons (4,024 t)
Boats & landing
craft carried
2 or 6 x LCVPs
Capacity
  • 2,100 tons oceangoing maximum
  • 350 tons main deckload
Troops16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament
Service record
Operations: Invasion of Normandy (6–25 June 1944)
Awards:

USS LST-30 was a United States Navy LST-1-class tank landing ship used exclusively in the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater during World War II. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.

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Construction

LST-30 was laid down on 12 January 1943, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by the Dravo Corporation; launched on 3 May 1943; sponsored by Mrs. C. B. Jansen; [2] and commissioned on 10 July 1943. [1]

Service history

Records indicate LST-30 traveled from Halifax, Nova Scotia, in Convoy SC 144 on 11 October 1943, arriving in Liverpool, England, on 27 October 1943. [3]

She participated in the Normandy invasion, June 1944. [2]

She departed Liverpool, on 11 May 1945, with Convoy ONS 50 arriving in Halifax, on 29 May 1945. [4]

Postwar career

LST-30 was decommissioned on 6 March 1946, and was struck from the Navy list on 8 May 1946. On 2 April 1946, she was sold to the W. Horace Williams Company, of New Orleans, Louisiana. [2]

Awards

LST-30 earned one battle star for her World War II service. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Navsource 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 DANFS 2015.
  3. Convoy SC 144.
  4. Convoy ONS 50.

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