LST-1 was laid down on 10 June 1942, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by the Dravo Corporation; launched on 7 September 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Laurence T. Haugen; and commissioned on 14 December 1942.[2]
LST-1 was decommissioned on 21 May 1946, and was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 19 June 1946. On 5 December 1947, she was sold to the Ships Power and Equipment Company of Barber, New Jersey, for scrapping.[2]
Awards
LST-1 earned four battle star for World War II service.[2]
LST-1 (right) and LST-292 "high and dry" on the beach at Saint-Michel-en-Grève, on the north shore of the Brittany Peninsula, during supply operations in support of the campaign against German forces at Brest, France in September 1944. Note the extra davits for additional LCVPs. Taken by a SHAEF photographer.
