Subject:  LST 806 |
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Date Posted: 11/26/10 07:38:00
LST-806
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
- American Campaign Medal
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3)
- World War II Victory Medal
- Philippines Liberation Medal
# LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship: Laid down, 25 July 1944, at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., Evansville, IN.
# Launched, 7 September 1944
# Commissioned USS LST-806, 28 September 1944
# During World War II USS LST-806 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in following Campaign
Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines;
Palawan Island landings
February and March 1945
Borneo operation;
Brunei Bay operation, June 1945
# Following World War II LST-806 performed minesweeping operations in the Pacific from November 1945 through February 1946
# Decommissioned, 20 May 1946
# Struck from the Naval Register, 19 July 1946
# Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 20 November 1947 to Bosey, Philippines
# LST-806 earned three battle stars for World War II service
Link to Navscource site LST 806
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