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stood out of San Diego and set course, via Pearl Harbor, for the Far East. She arrived at
Okinawa on 24 November but departed the following day, bound for Vietnam. She arrived in Da Nang on 29 November, unloaded 300 tons of cargo, and set sail for Subic Bay that same day. The ship entered Subic
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After post-overhaul training early in 1964, the ship voyaged to Hawaii to take part in amphibious exercises. She returned to the west coast in May and began preparations for another Far
Eastern cruise. On 18 June, she stood out of San Diego bound, via Pearl Harbor, for the Orient. During her stop at
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and began a three-month overhaul. She completed repairs on 27 April and spent the month of May engaged in refresher training. In June, she conducted amphibious exercises, and July brought preparations for her return to the western
Pacific. The ship departed San Diego on 21 July and arrived in Pearl
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put to sea, bound for Japan, and arrived at
Yokosuka on the 19th where she remained for eight days. On the 27th, she sailed for the United States and, on 11 August, entered port at San Diego. Through the end of September, the ship went "cold iron" there for repairs but resumed operations out of her
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spent the first five months of 1965 engaged in operations – amphibious exercises for the most part – along the coast of southern
California. Late in May, she embarked Marines and their equipment for a brief deployment to the Far East. The ship stood out of San Diego on 24 May, made a three-day stop
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undergoing repairs. Late in April, she took part in
Operation "Beagle Leash", an amphibious exercise which simulated an attack on the Marine Corps base at Camp Pendleton. Throughout the summer, the ship participated in various single-and multi-ship training exercises honing her amphibious landing
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September and, after stops at Sasebo and Yokosuka, the ship departed the latter port on 22 September to return to the United States. En route, she made a two-day layover at Pearl Harbor between 3 and 5 October and arrived in San Diego on the 12th. She remained there
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participated in the evacuation of troops from both areas. That operation occupied most of the final month of 1950. During the first eight months of 1951, the attack cargo ship continued her duty running troops and supplies between various points on the eastern coast of Korea. When UN forces began
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which lasted from 1 to 10 February. She arrived back at Da Nang four days later. The ship operated off the coast of
Vietnam, periodically departing the area for port calls at various places, until May 1969. After a stop at Yokosuka, Japan, near the end of the month, she headed back to the United
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February 1954, she headed home on the 24th and arrived at San Diego on 3 March. Six months of west coast operations under the auspices of the Commander, Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet, ensued. In September, she headed back to the western Pacific once more for a
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After visits to Sasebo and Hong Kong in June and July, respectively, she departed Hong Kong on 14 July and shaped a course back to the United States. She arrived in San Diego on 1 August and began operations along the California coast. At the beginning of 1952, she left the coast for a voyage to
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departed that port on 10 October, bound for Hawaii. For the next three weeks, she participated in Operation "Miki", a combined Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps exercise simulating a massive invasion of the Hawaiian Islands. She returned to the west coast in mid-November and paid visits to
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and Kobe before reentering Yokosuka. Between 12 and 14 February 1953, she made her first return visit to Korea, carrying troops and equipment from Japan to Pusan. From then until the armistice in July, shuttle missions between Japan and Korea remained her sole mission. Then, as the diplomatic
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served with ARG Alpha just eight more days before heading for Hong Kong and a liberty visit. From Hong Kong, she proceeded to Japan, arriving in Yokosuka on 17 November. After a brief upkeep, she began her homeward voyage on the 21st and entered San Diego on 10 December.
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Tacoma, Washington, and San Francisco, California, before heading south toward Panama on 22 November. She entered the canal on 4 December, set a course back toward the Virginia Capes later that day, and arrived in Hampton Roads on 8 December. For the next seven months,
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coast on 3 August and, after a stop at Okinawa, arrived at Yokosuka on the 11th. A week later, she headed home, stopped at Pearl Harbor from 27 to 29 August, arrived back in San Diego on 5 September, and resumed local operations along the southern California coast.
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was sold for scrap on 15 November 1979 to Apolina Limited, Hong Kong and removed from the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet on 18 December 1979. Scrapping was performed by Keun Hwa Iron, Steel Works, and Enterprises Ltd of Taiwan, completed as of 23 April 1980.
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In late 1962, she began preparations for a deployment to the western Pacific. She stood out of San Diego on 16 October and stopped at Pearl Harbor at the beginning of November. There, she received orders to carry relief supplies to typhoon-stricken
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Bay on 2 December and reported for duty with ARG Alpha. On the 9th, she put to sea to return to the coast of Vietnam. She arrived at Da Nang on the 11th and, for about a month, engaged in routine steaming with ARG Alpha.
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began her first tour of duty with the 7th Fleet since recommissioning. That tour included a period of service as station ship at Hong Kong and missions training South Korean marines in amphibious operations at
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on the 20th. After discharging her cargo, the attack cargo ship stood out of Pearl Harbor on 29 March, set a course for the west coast, and reached San Francisco on 4 April. There,
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was placed out of commission, in reserve, apparently berthed at either San Diego or San Francisco. She also appeared in the movie "Away All Boats" which was released in 1958.
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home port at the beginning of October. Amphibious exercises, independent ship's drills, and upkeep at San Diego occupied her during much of the winter of 1965 and 1966.
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arrived back in San Diego to begin another six months with the Pacific Fleet Amphibious Force. Coastal operations, including participation in amphibious exercises at
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continued her voyage to the combat zone off the coast of Korea. On 26 September, she and the other units of Transport Division (TransDiv) 11 landed reinforcements at
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their push back northward, the naval forces along the eastern coast supported their advance by elaborate feints at amphibious landings far behind enemy lines.
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where she loaded landing craft to replace those she had left with the occupation forces in Japan. The following day, the ship left Subic Bay and headed – via
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593:North Korea
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356:Mississippi
179:Honours and
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2391:Wild Rover
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1483:Whitfield
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1247:Completed
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1083:Navy List
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1026:Viet Cong
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711:7th Fleet
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541:6th Fleet
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362:, by the
328:Andromeda
307:4 × twin
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1890:Gauntlet
1827:Defiance
1729:Asterion
1722:Argonaut
1708:Aquarius
1652:Achernar
1571:Arcturus
1555:Achernar
1550:Castilla
1476:Sedgwick
1367:Muliphen
1360:Montague
1283:Aquarius
1255:Achernar
1147:Archived
1049:States.
928:Qui Nhơn
909:Yokosuka
778:Portland
733:Iwo Jima
694:Cheju-do
673:Yokosuka
595:invaded
502:Hiro Wan
431:Honolulu
366:under a
295:Armament
171:Stricken
123:Acquired
115:Launched
74:Namesake
2426:Wyandot
2419:Winston
2363:Whitley
2307:Typhoon
2270:Theenim
2233:Sheliak
2191:Rolette
2156:Rainbow
2142:Pampero
2014:Merrick
2007:Mathews
1979:Lookout
1944:Hotspur
1855:Flyaway
1806:Coringa
1785:Cepheus
1680:Alshain
1644:C2-S-B1
1580:Artemis
1522:Whitley
1451:Wyandot
1444:Winston
1437:Whitley
1423:Warrick
1395:Theenim
1388:Sheliak
1381:Rolette
1353:Merrick
1346:Mathews
1311:Cepheus
1269:Alshain
1175:Winston
1167:Winston
1165:of USS
1101:Winston
1089:Winston
1079:Winston
1063:Winston
1051:Winston
1042:Winston
1011:Winston
995:Winston
987:Winston
981:, near
972:Winston
960:Winston
949:Molokai
940:Winston
932:Winston
924:Tuy Hòa
913:Winston
901:Keelung
864:Chu Lai
860:Okinawa
848:Winston
835:Winston
831:Winston
822:Winston
816:Da Nang
804:Winston
786:Winston
765:Winston
753:Winston
741:Winston
729:Okinawa
718:Winston
690:Koje-do
682:Winston
669:Winston
654:Winston
649:Winston
634:Hŭngnam
610:Winston
601:Winston
577:Winston
572:Winston
560:Seattle
556:Olympia
529:Winston
517:Marines
506:Winston
498:Aringay
478:Winston
458:Winston
447:Winston
415:Winston
383:Winston
352:Alabama
348:Winston
343:History
325:was an
321:Winston
242:14,200
190:(Korea)
93:Builder
68:Winston
44:History
2433:Yancey
2293:(1942)
2277:Thuban
2256:(1943)
2037:Meteor
2023:(1942)
1834:Diphda
1715:Archer
1538:
1503:
1458:Yancey
1409:Uvalde
1402:Thuban
1325:Diphda
1236:
1124:
1096:Awards
964:Hội An
894:Taiwan
870:Skagit
770:Pohang
626:Wonsan
622:Sasebo
614:Inchon
564:Tacoma
562:, and
552:Balboa
486:Manila
470:Saipan
403:Hawaii
330:-class
251:Length
220:-class
181:awards
2314:Virgo
2284:Titan
1799:Comet
1792:Chara
1582:class
1573:class
1416:Virgo
1318:Chara
1290:Arneb
1262:Algol
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630:Pusan
304:mount
280:knots
278:16.5
275:Speed
267:Draft
1553:(ex-
1520:(ex-
1517:Etna
1137:here
761:Guam
677:Naha
606:Kobe
496:and
443:Oahu
423:Maui
354:and
319:USS
300:1 ×
259:Beam
229:Type
200:Fate
66:USS
63:Name
1972:Leo
1332:Leo
1073:at
879:Huế
290:247
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