 USS LST-30 in San Francisco Bay, c. 1945-1946.
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| History | |
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| 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 |
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| Honors and awards |  1 × battle star |
| Fate | Sold for merchant service, 2 April 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
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| Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
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| Propulsion |
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| 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 |
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| Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
| Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
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| Service record | |
| Operations: | Invasion of Normandy (6–25 June 1944) |
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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; and commissioned on 10 July 1943.
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.
She participated in the Normandy invasion, June 1944.
She departed Liverpool, on 11 May 1945, with Convoy ONS 50 arriving in Halifax, on 29 May 1945.
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.
Awards
LST-30 earned one battle star for her World War II service.
References
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 Online. 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.
External links
- Photo gallery of USS LST-30 at NavSource Naval History
| MARCOM ships built by Dravo Corporation's, Neville Island Shipyard, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
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 United States NavyLST-1-class tank landing ships |
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| United States Navy LST-542-class tank landing ships |
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