- Service history
- Ship Awards
- References
- See also
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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United States | 1946}} | Ship name= USS LST-310 | Ship namesake= | Ship ordered= | Ship builder=Boston Navy Yard | Ship laid down= 22 September 1942 | Ship launched= 23 November 1942 | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= 20 January 1943 | Ship decommissioned= 16 May 1945 | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship reclassified= | Ship struck= 12 March 1946 | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship fate= Sold to merchant service, 28 January 1947 | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= LST-1 class tank landing ship | 1625|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} light- {{convert|4080|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} full
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- Operation Avalanche
- Operation Overlord
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}} | USS LST-310 was one of 390 tank landing ships (LSTs) built for the United States Navy during World War II. LST-310 was laid down on 22 September 1942 at the Boston Navy Yard; launched on 23 November 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Inga M. Gustavson; and commissioned on 20 January 1943 with Lieutenant W. P. Lawless, USNR, in command. Service historyDuring World War II, LST-310 was assigned to the European Theater and participated in the Sicilian occupation in July, 1943 the landings at Salerno in September, 1943 and the Invasion of Normandy in June, 1944. Upon her return to the United States, she was decommissioned on 16 May 1945 for conversion to landing craft repair ship USS Aeolus (ARL-42) at the Boston Navy Yard. The conversion was canceled 12 September 1945 and the ship reverted to LST-310; she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 12 March 1946. On 28 January 1947 the ship was sold to the Boston Metals Company of Baltimore, Maryland for conversion to merchant service. She was sold (date unknown) to the Panama Navigation Corporation, and subsequently named MV Mercator' and re-flagged as Panamanian. Sometime prior to 1963 the ship was sold to Navemar S. A. (name retained) and re-flagged Argentine. Her final fate is unknown. {{Clear}}Ship Awards- LST-310 earned two battle stars for World War II service.
- Combat Action Ribbon (Retroactive)
- American Ribbon
- World War II Victory Medal
- Europe African Middle Eastern Campaigns Medal(3)
References{{DANFS}}- {{cite web|title=LST-310|work=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/l15/lst-310.htm|accessdate=5 May 2007}}
- {{cite web|title=LST-310 / ARL-42 Aeolus|work=Amphibious Photo Archive
|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160310.htm|accessdate=5 May 2007}}See also- List of United States Navy LSTs
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