| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | LST-308 |
| Builder | Boston Navy Yard,Boston |
| Laid down | 15 September 1942 |
| Launched | 9 November 1942 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Albert Miller Penn |
| Commissioned | 2 January 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 17 December 1946 |
| Identification |
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| Honors and awards | SeeAwards |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | LST-1-classtank landing ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 328 ft (100 m)oa |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draft |
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| Installed power |
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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 xLCVPs |
| Capacity |
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| Troops | 16officers, 147enlisted men |
| Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
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USSLST-308 was aLST-1-classtank landing ship in theUnited States Navy duringWorld War II.[1]
LST-308 waslaid down on 15 September 1942 atBoston Navy Yard,Boston,Massachusetts.Launched on 9 November 1942 andcommissioned 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 theFar East. She took part in theSicilian occupation inItaly from 9 to 15 July 1943 and 28 July to 17 August 1943. Then theSalerno landings from 9 to 21 September of the same year.
She then participated in theinvasion 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 wasdecommissioned on 17 December 1946 and transferred to theState Department to await her disposal, 5 December 1947.[1]
LST-308 have earned the following awards:
