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USS Menifee

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forces according to need. During her second WestPac deployment, August 1953 to April 1954, she took part in extensive amphibious training exercises with American and Korean Marines and served as flagship for Operation "Big Lift", the transfer of neutral Indian troops to the peace conference in
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on board. Remaining in the area through the 4th, she landed her troops during the first 2 days and discharged her cargo on the 3d and 4th. On the 5th, she got underway for the United States, arriving at San Francisco 11 May to take on Army personnel and cargo bound for the
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was retrieved from the "mothball fleet" and recommissioned 2 December 1950. Assigned once more to the Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet, she completed two extended tours of duty in the western Pacific before inactivating a second time in 1955. From April 1951 to March 1952,
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ferried troops between Japan and Korea and within Korean waters, insuring through her mobility, the distribution of
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continued ferrying occupation troops to Japan and war-weary veterans back to the United States. Released from
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duty in early 1946, she reported to the 19th Fleet 9 March and upon decommissioning 31 July, was berthed at
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was placed out of commission in reserve, assigned to the San Francisco Group,
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on 21 July 1944; launched 15 October 1944, and commissioned 4 November 1944.
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arrived in the transport area off Okinawa with cargo and units of the
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personnel and cargo. Unloading her initial cargo and passengers at
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training 8 December 1944 and within a month was underway for
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World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
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for further training exercises in preparation for the
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for World War II service and two for Korean service.
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List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships
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Menifee County, Kentucky
Kaiser Shipbuilding
MCV
battle star
Korea
Haskell-class
attack transport
Allis-Chalmers
Combustion Engineering
horsepower
knots
LCM
LCVP
LCPU
5"/38 caliber
40mm gun
20mm
MARCOM
Haskell-class
attack transport
US Navy
Korean War
MCV
Kaiser Shipbuilding
Vancouver, Washington
amphibious
Hawaii
Marine
Honolulu

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