USS ''LST-30'' was a
United States Navy
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used exclusively in the
Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater during
World War II
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. 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
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, by the
Dravo Corporation Dravo Corporation was a shipbuilding company with shipyards in Pittsburgh and Wilmington, Delaware. It was founded by Frank and Ralph Dravo in Pittsburgh in 1891. The corporation went public in 1936 and in 1998 it was bought out by Carmeuse for $ ...
;
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
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, in
Convoy SC 144 on 11 October 1943, arriving in
Liverpool
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, 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
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on 8 May 1946. On 2 April 1946, she was sold to the
W. Horace Williams Company, of
, Louisiana.
Awards
''LST-30'' earned one
battle star
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for her World War II service.
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LST-1-class tank landing ships of the United States Navy
World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
Ships built in Pittsburgh
1943 ships
Ships built by Dravo Corporation