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LST-130

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., Jeffersonville IN.
  • Launched, 13 September 1943
  • Commissioned USS LST-130, 4 November 1943
  • During World War II LST-130 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Saipan, June and August 1944     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa, March and April 1945

  • Following the war USS LST-130 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early March 1946
  • Decommissioned, 10 March 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 5 December 1947
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 27 May 1948 to Bethlehem Steel Co., Seattle WA.
  • LST-130 earned two battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications: (as reported by Office of Naval Intelligence-1945)
    Displacement 1,625 t.(lt), 4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)
    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)
    Speed 12 kts. (maximum)
    Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons
    Complement
    7 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
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    By
    LST-130 51k LST-130 beach, date and place unknown. Archie Norwood Sr
    in honor of his brother Wilburn W Norwood, BM1/c USN, USS LST-130 1943-45.
    LST-130 61k LST-130, date and place unknown. Archie Norwood Sr
    in honor of his brother Wilburn W Norwood, BM1/c USN, USS LST-130 1943-45.
    LST-130 54k LST-130, date and place unknown. Archie Norwood Sr
    in honor of his brother Wilburn W Norwood, BM1/c USN, USS LST-130 1943-45.
    LST-130 105k LST-130 underway circa 1944, place unknown. Joseph S. Levine USS LST-130
    LST-130 133k Aft plan view of 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
    LST-130 150k Forward plan view of LST-130 at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 7 September 1945. Sabik (AK 121) is forward of LST-130 while a covered lighter and ARD-11 is to the right.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6391-45.    		 Darryl Baker
    LST-130 67k Broadside view of LST-130 departing Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 9 September 1945.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6397-45.    		 Darryl Baker
    LST-130 69k Broadside view of LST-130 departing Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 9 September 1945.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6398-45.    		 Darryl Baker
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
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