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USS LST-130

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Romeo - Mike
NDRM

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)

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship

Laid down, 5 July 1943, at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, IN.

Launched, 13 September 1943

Commissioned USS LST-130, 4 November 1943, LT John E. Collins USNR, in command

During World War II LST-130 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Thirteen, CAPT. J. G. Sampson USN (22);
LST Group Thirty-Nine, CDR. B. T. Zelenka USN (24);
LST Division Seventy-Seven and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Saipan, 25 June to 7 August 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa, 25 March to 29 April 1945

Following World War II USS LST-130 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
23 October to 9 November 1945
3 February to 10 March 1946

Decommissioned, 10 March 1946 and transferred to Commander Naval Forces Fare East (COMNAVFE), Naval Shipping Control Agency for Japan (SCAJAP), redesignated Q093

Struck from the Naval Register, 5 December 1947

USS LST-130 earned two battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 27 May 1948 to Bethlehem Steel Co., Seattle WA.

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	51k	USS LST-130 beached, date and location unknown.	Archie Norwood Sr in honor of his brother Wilburn W Norwood, BM1/c USN, USS LST-130 1943-45.
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	105k	USS LST-130 underway circa 1944, location unknown.	Joseph S. Levine USS LST-130
1016013012	287k	USS LST-130 (center background) in the anchorage off Charan Kanoa, Saipan, 25 June 1944. Photos by J.R. Eyerman, Life Magazine, who passed thru the anchorage on the 25th. Used for educational and non-commercial purpose.	John Chiquoine, dd573@aol.com David Upton
1018103401	238k	*LCT(6)-1034, LCT(6)-1036* and USS LST-168 on the beaches of Leyte, Philippines, Oct-Nov 1944. TimeLife_image_115926365 by Carl Mydans. Life Magazine. For personal non-commercial use only.	David Upton
	133k	Aft plan view of USS LST-130 at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 7 September 1945. *LST-130* was under repair at Mare Island from 24 August to 8 September 1945. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6390-45.	Darryl Baker
	150k	Forward plan view of USS LST-130 at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 7 September 1945. *USS Sabik* (AK 121) is forward of LST-130** while a covered lighter and USS ARD-11 is to the right. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6391-45.	Darryl Baker
	67k	Broadside view of USS LST-130 departing Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 9 September 1945. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6397-45.	Darryl Baker
	69k	Broadside view of USS LST-130 departing Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 9 September 1945. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6398-45.	Darryl Baker

USS LST-130
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Collins, John E., USNR	4 November 1943 - 1945
02	LT. Auchincloss, L. S., USNR	1945 - 10 March 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS LST-130 Crew Photos
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Homeport
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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