USSLST-30 inSan 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-classtank 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 Diesel12-567Adiesel engines 1,700 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Falk mainreduction 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 xLCVPs
Capacity	2,100 tons oceangoing maximum 350 tons main deckload
Troops	16officers, 147enlisted men
Complement	13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament	Varied, ultimate armament 2 × twin40 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

USSLST-30 was aUnited States NavyLST-1-classtank landing ship used exclusively in theEurope-Africa-Middle East Theater duringWorld War II. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.

LST-30 was laid down on 12 January 1943, atPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by theDravo Corporation;launched on 3 May 1943; sponsored by Mrs. C. B. Jansen;^[2] andcommissioned on 10 July 1943.^[1]

Records indicateLST-30 traveled fromHalifax, Nova Scotia, inConvoy SC 144 on 11 October 1943, arriving inLiverpool, England, on 27 October 1943.^[3]

She participated in theNormandy invasion, June 1944.^[2]

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

LST-30 was decommissioned on 6 March 1946, and was struck from theNavy list on 8 May 1946. On 2 April 1946, she was sold to theW. Horace Williams Company, ofNew Orleans, Louisiana.^[2]

LST-30 earned onebattle star for her World War II service.^[2]

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