History | |
---|---|
![]() | |
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 |
|
Honors and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
Displacement |
|
Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft |
|
Installed power |
|
Propulsion |
|
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 |
Capacity |
|
Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
Complement | 13 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]
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 I invasion 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]
LST-308 have earned the following awards: