USS LST-308

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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameLST-308
Builder Boston Navy Yard, Boston
Laid down15 September 1942
Launched9 November 1942
Sponsored byMrs. Albert Miller Penn
Commissioned2 January 1943
Decommissioned17 December 1946
Identification
Honors &
awards
See Awards
Fate Scrapped
General characteristics
Class & 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

USS LST-308 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II. [1]

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Construction and career

LST-308 was laid down on 15 September 1942 at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts. Launched on 9 November 1942 and commissioned on 2 January 1943. [2]

During World War II, LST-308 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle theater and later assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East. She took part in the Sicilian occupation in Italy from 9 to 15 July 1943 and 28 July to 17 August 1943. Then the Salerno landings from 9 to 21 September of the same year.

She then participated in the Iinvasion of Normandy from 6 to 25 June 1944.

After the war, she was put to occupation service and made several trips between 2 December 1945 to 7 August 1946.

She was decommissioned on 17 December 1946 and transferred to the State Department to await her disposal, 5 December 1947. [1]

Awards

LST-308 have earned the following awards:

Citations

  1. 1 2 "Tank Landing Ship LST". NavSource. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. "LST-308". NHHC. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

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