USS LST-930

USS LST-930/LST(H)-930 was an LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.

History
United States
Name	LST-930
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number	3400[1]
Laid down	9 June 1944
Launched	12 July 1944
Commissioned	6 August 1944
Decommissioned	26 June 1946
Reclassified	Landing Ship Tank (Hospital), 15 September 1945
Stricken	31 July 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: LST-930 Hull symbol: LST(H)-930 Code letters: NVSF
Honors & awards	2 × battle star
Fate	Sold for operation, 8 June 1948
General characteristics [2]
Class & type	LST-542-class tank landing ship
Displacement	1,625 long tons (1,651 t) (light) 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) (full (seagoing draft with 1,675 short tons (1,520 t) load) 2,366 long tons (2,404 t) (beaching)
Length	328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	Unloaded: 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward; 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft Full load: 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft Landing with 500 short tons (450 t) load: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft Limiting 11 ft 2 in (3.40 m) Maximum navigation 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m)
Installed power	2 × 900 hp (670 kW) Electro-Motive Diesel 12-567A diesel engines 1,800 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Falk main reduction gears 2 × Propellers
Speed	11.6 kn (21.5 km/h; 13.3 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 x LCVPs
Capacity	1,600–1,900 short tons (3,200,000–3,800,000 lb; 1,500,000–1,700,000 kg) cargo depending on mission
Troops	16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement	13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament	Varied, ultimate armament 2 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors guns 4 × single 40 mm Bofors guns 12 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons
Service record
Part of:	LST Flotilla 6
Operations:	Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima (19–28 February 1945) Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (1 April–30 June 1945)
Awards:	American Campaign Medal Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal Navy Occupation Service Medal w/Asia Clasp

Construction

LST-930 was laid down on 9 June 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 12 July 1944; and commissioned on 6 August 1944.^[3][2]

Service history

During World War II, LST-930 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima in February 1945, and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto from April through June 1945.^[3]

On 15 September 1945, she was redesignated LST(H)-930 and performed occupation duty in the Far East until late October 1945. The ship returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 26 June 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 31 July, that same year. On 8 June 1948, the ship was sold to the Humble Oil and Refining Co., Houston, Texas, for operation.^[3]

Awards

LST-930 earned two battle star for World War II service.^[3]