USS LST-30

USS LST-30 in San Francisco Bay, c. 1945-1946.
History
United States
Name	LST-30
Builder	Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Laid down	12 January 1943
Launched	3 May 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. C. B. Jansen
Commissioned	3 July 1943
Decommissioned	6 March 1946
Stricken	8 May 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: LST-30 Code letters: NVCG
Honors & awards	1 × battle star
Fate	Sold 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
Length	328  ft (100  m) oa
Beam	50 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	2 × 900  hp (670  kW) Electro-Motive Diesel 12-567A diesel engines 1,700  shp (1,300  kW)
Propulsion	1 × Falk main reduction gears 2 × Propellers
Speed	12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range	24,000 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
Troops	16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement	13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament	Varied, ultimate armament 2 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors guns 4 × single 40 mm Bofors guns 12 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons
Service record
Operations:	Invasion of Normandy (6–25 June 1944)
Awards:	American Campaign Medal European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal

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.

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

Bibliography

• "LST-30". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• "USS LST-30". NavSource. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
• "Convoy SC.144". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
• "Convoy ONS.50". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 7 September 2017.