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USS LST(H)-930
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USS LST-930 (1944 - 1945)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Sierra - Foxtrot
NVSF

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

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During World War II USS LST-930 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Six, CAPT. Laidlaw USN (25);
LST Group Eighteen, CDR. P. Neikum USNR Ret. (26);
LST Division Thirty-Five and participated in the following campaigns;

Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Iwo Jima operation Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 to 28 February 1945	Okinawa operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 28 June 1945

Following World War II USS LST(H)-930 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
20 September to 3 October 1945
15 to 28 October 1945

Final Disposition, sold for operations, 8 June 1948, to Humble Oil & Refining Co., Houston, TX., fate unknown

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Specifications:

Displacement

1,625 t.(lt)

4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)

2,366 t. (beaching displacement)

Length 328' o.a.

Beam 50'

Draft

light 2' 4" fwd, 7' 6" aft

sea-going 8' 3" fwd, 14' 1" aft

landing 3' 11" fwd, 9' 10" aft (landing w/500 ton load)

limiting 11' 2"

maximum navigation 14' 1"

Speed 11.6 kts. (trial)

Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons

Complement

13 officers

104 enlisted

Troop Accommodations

16 officers

147 enlisted

Boats 2 LCVP

Cargo Capacity (varied with mission - payloads between 1600 and 1900 tons)

Typical loads

One Landing Craft Tank (LCT), tanks, wheeled and tracked vehicles, artillery, construction equipment and military supplies. A ramp or elevator forward allowed vehicles access to tank deck from main deck

Additional capacity included sectional pontoons carried on each side of vessel amidships, to either build Rhino Barges or use as causeways. Married to the bow ramp, the causeways would enabled payloads to be delivered ashore from deeper water or where a beachhead would not allow the vessel to be grounded forward after ballasting

Armament (varied with availability when each vessel was outfitted. Retro-fitting was accomplished throughout WWII. The ultimate armament design for United States vessels was

2 - Twin 40MM gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors

4 - Single 40MM gun mounts

12 single 20MM gun mounts

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 4,300 Bbls

Propulsion

two General Motors 12-567A, 900hp Diesel engines

single Falk Main Reduction Gears

three Diesel-drive 100Kw 230V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

two propellers, 1,700shp

twin rudders

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	51k	USS LST(H)-930 at anchor, date and location unknown.		Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
1016074704	243k	Iheya Landing - Landing craft loaded with the Eighth Marine Regimental Combat Team, stand offshore as an aerial bombardment paves the way for a landing on Iheya, a small island 25 miles northwest of the northern tip of Okinawa. The unopposed thrust was effected 3 June 1945. The Marines were transported to Iheya by Navy LSTs including USS LST-747, USS LST-724 and USS LST-930. US National Archives ID # 74252365 a US Marine Corps photo now in the collection of the US National Archives		David Upton
1016093002	301k	USS LST(H)-930 at anchor off the Okinawa beachhead during a Japanese air raid. A Japanese bomb has hit a gasoline barge lying relatively close to USS LST(H)-930. As American troops fanned out from the Okinawa beachhead, the Japanese sent planes in desperate attacks against ships standing off shore. US National Archives Identifier 205586325, Local Identifier 26-G-4514, US Coast Guard Photo # 4514.		David Upton

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USS LST-930
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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Commanding Officers
01	LT. Grabowski, Frank Walter, USN	6 August 1944 - 26 June 1946

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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