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USS LST-1030

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Oscar - Zulu
NVOZ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)

USS LST-1030 was transferred to the Republic of China and renamed ROCS Chung Chaun (LST-221)

LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 27 May 1944, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA.;

Launched, 25 June 1944;

Commissioned USS LST-1030, 19 July 1944, LT. Samuel W. Farnham USNR in command

During World War II, USS LST-1030 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landing, 9 January 1945	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 30 June 1945

For the Okinawa Gunto operation USS LST-1030 was assigned to:
LST Flotilla Six, CAPT. Laidlaw;
LST Group Sixteen, LCDR. J. T. Brugger USNR;
LST Division Thirty-One

Following World War II USS LST-1030 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
12 September 1945 to 29 May 1946	12 September 1945 to 29 May 1946

Decommissioned, 29 May 1946

Transferred to the Republic of China Navy, 17 February 1948, renamed ROCS Chung Chaun (LST-221);

Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1948;

USS LST-1030 earned two battle stars for World War II service

Decommissioned by the Republic of China Navy, retired, 27 May 2009

Final Disposition, sunk as target 16 July 2018 off the coast of Orchid Island

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)

2,366 t.

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
LST-1030
	24k	USS LST-1030 at anchor, date and location unknown.	Richard Smathers for his father Leroy H. Smathers LST-1030
	85k	From front to back, USS LST-796, USS LST-794, USS LST-843, unidentified LST, and USS LST-1030 beached, date and location unknown while disembarking troops.
ROCS Chung Chaun (LST-221)
	70k	Ex-*ROCS Chung Chaun* (LST-221)** moored pierside at the ROC naval base, Cijin Island, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.	Jeff Clark

USS LST-1030
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Farnham, Samuel W., USNR	19 July 1944 - June 1945
02	LT. Steker, Joseph E., USNR	June 1945 - December 1945
03	LTjg. Rossebo, Lloyd G., USNR	December 1945 - March 1946
04	LTjg. Weiner, Benjamin, USNR	March 1946 - 29 May 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

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United States LST Association

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