USS LST-469 was a Landing Ship, Tank (LST) operated by the United States Navy

United States Navy

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 during World War II

World War II

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. She was commissioned in 1943 and decomissionsed in 1946.

Service history

LST-469 was laid down on 23 October 1942 at Vancouver, Washington

Vancouver, Washington

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, by Kaiser, Inc.; launched on 27 November 1942; and commissioned on 8 March 1943.
During World War II, LST-469 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. On 16 June 1943 she was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-174

Japanese submarine I-174

Japanese submarine I-174 was a Kaidai class submarine operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy between 1938 and her sinking in 1944. She completed eight war patrols during the Pacific War. She attacked the Convoy GP55 on 16 June 1943. During her ninth war patrol she was sunk near Truk on 12 April...

 while travelling in Convoy GP55

Convoy GP55

Convoy GP55 was a convoy of Allied ships that travelled from Sydney to Brisbane in June 1943 during World War II. It comprised ten cargo ships, three landing ships, tank and an escort of five corvettes. The Japanese submarine I-174 attacked the convoy on 16 June, sinking the United States...

 off the east coast of Australia and had to be towed to Sydney

Sydney

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 for repairs.

After being repaired she participated in the following operations:

• Hollandia operation
  Operations Reckless and Persecution
  Operation Reckless, known as the Landing at Hollandia and Operation Persecution known as the Aitape landing, were Allied amphibious landings which commenced the Western New Guinea campaign. Both operations commenced on 22 April 1944....
  
  —April 1944
• Western New Guinea operations:
  • Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area operation—May 1944
  • Biak Island operation
    Battle of Biak
    The Battle of Biak was part of the New Guinea campaign of World War II. It was fought between the United States Army and the Japanese Army from May 27 to June 22, 1944. It was the first major tactical use of an ambush by the Japanese during the war....
    
    —May and June 1944
  • Noemfoor Island operation
    Battle of Noemfoor
    The Battle of Noemfoor was a battle of World War II that took place on the island of Noemfoor, in Dutch New Guinea, between 2 July and 31 August 1944. United States and Australian forces attacked to capture Japanese bases on the island.-Background:...
    
    —July 1944
  • Cape Sansapor operation
    Battle of Sansapor
    The Battle of Sansapor was an amphibous landing and subsequent operations around Sansapor, Dutch New Guinea on the Vogelkop Peninsula during World War II....
    
    —July and August 1944
  • Morotai landings
    Battle of Morotai
    The Battle of Morotai, part of the Pacific War, began on September 15, 1944, and continued until the war ended in August 1945. The fighting began when United States and Australian forces landed on the south-west corner of Morotai, a small island in the Netherlands East Indies , which the Allies...
    
    —September 1944
• Leyte landings
  Battle of Leyte
  The Battle of Leyte in the Pacific campaign of World War II was the invasion and conquest of the island of Leyte in the Philippines by American and Filipino guerrilla forces under the command of General Douglas MacArthur, who fought against the Imperial Japanese Army in the Philippines led by...
  
  —October 1944
• Lingayen Gulf landing
  Invasion of Lingayen Gulf
  The Liberation of Lingayen Gulf was an Allied amphibious operation in the Philippines during World War II. In the early morning of 9 January 1945, an Allied force commanded by Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf began approaching the shores of Lingayen. U.S...
  
  —January 1945

Following the war, LST-469 performed occupation duty in the Far East until 24 October 1945 and saw China service from 25 October to 2 November 1945. Upon her return to the United States, LST-469 was decommissioned on 27 March 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 1 May that same year. On 13 December 1947, the tank landing ship was sold to Hughes Bros., Inc., New York

New York City

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, New York

New York

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, for scrapping.

LST-469 earned four battle stars for her World War II service.