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USNS T-LST-230
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USS LST-230 (1943 - 1946)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Romeo - Charlie
NZRC

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

USNS T-LST-230 was transferred to the Philippine Navy, named BRP Laguna (LT-501)

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 10 June 1943, at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL.

Launched, 12 October 1943

Commissioned USS LST-230, 3 November 1943, LT. L. H. Moody, USN, in command

During World War II USS LST-230 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944	Invasion of Southern France, 15 August to 25 September 1944

While assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater USS LST-230 came under the command of:
LST Flotilla Thirty-Six, CAPT. D.F.J. Shea USN (23);
LST Group One Hundred Seven, CDR. L. F. Teuscher USN (23);
LST Division Two Hundred Fourteen

Following World War II USS LST-230 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
13 to 25 September 1945
3 February to 4 March1946

Decommissioned, 4 March 1946

Assigned to Commander Naval Forces Far East (COMNAVFE) Shipping Control Authority for Japan (SCAJAP) redesignated Q082

Transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Command (MSTS), 31 March 1952, placed in service as USNS T-LST-230

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Transferred to the Philippine Navy, 13 September 1976, named BRP Laguna (LT-501)

Final Disposition, fate, unknown

USS LST-230 earned two battle stars for World War II service

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	Source
USS LST-230
	145k	Invasion shipping in Dart River, at Dartmouth, England, awaiting the invasion signal, 2 June 1944. Barrage balloons are overhead. Among the ships at left are: *LCT(6)-551; LCT(6)-527; LCT(6)-528; USS LST-230; USS LST-49; USS LST-311; USS LST-281;. Also present are several British coastal forces vessels. US National Archives photo # 80-G-252243*, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	US Naval History and Heritage Command
BRP Laguna (LT-502)
	105k	Ex-USS LST-230 now the Philippines navy's *BRP Laguna* (LT-501)** at A.G.& P. Shipyard, Bauan, Batangas Island, Republic of the Philippines, 3 March 1994.	Edison Sy
	152k	*BRP Laguna* (LT-501)** at A.G.& P. Shipyard, Bauan, Batangas Island, Republic of the Philippines, 3 March 1994.	Edison Sy
	171k	*BRP Laguna* (LT-501)** moored at Cebu, Republic of the Philippines, 26 June 2015 . Photo by Mike Baylon, with permission.	Edison Sy
	499k	*BRP Laguna* (LT-501)** moored at Cebu, Republic of the Philippines, date unknown.	Edison Sy
1016023005	627k	*BRP Laguna* (LT-501)** moored at Pag-Asa Island, 19 June 2023, in the Spratleys during a resupply mission in support of the Philippine troops stationed there. Google Earth	Vincent M. Solinap
1016023006	595k		Vincent M. Solinap