- Construction
- Service history
- Post-war service
- Honors and awards
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United States | 1946}} | Ship name= LST-458 | Ship namesake= | Kaiser Vancouver|2010}} | Ship builder= Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington | Kaiser Vancouver|2010}} | Ship laid down= 18 September 1942 | Ship launched= 26 October 1942 | Ship sponsor= | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= 10 February 1943 | Ship decommissioned= 15 April 1946 | Ship identification=*Hull symbol: LST-458- Code letters: NFKC
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| Ship honors= 6 × battle stars | Ship struck= 3 July 1946 | Ship fate= transferred to MARCOM, 31 October 1947 | Ship status= sold for scrapping, 31 October 1947
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}}{{Infobox service record | is_ship = yes | is_multi = | label = | partof = | codes = | commanders = | operations =- Eastern New Guinea operation
- Lae occupation (4–5, 9–11 September 1943)
- Saidor occupation (January and 12–14 February 1944)
- Bismarck Archipelago operation
- Cape Gloucester, New Britain (25–28 December 1943, 21–23 January and 18–21, 23–26 February 1944)
- Admiralty Islands landings (7–11 and 14–18 March 1944)
- Hollandia operation (21–25 April 1944)
- Western New Guinea operation
- Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area operation (17–18 and 23–25 May 1944)
- Biak Islands operation (6–10 and 14–20 June 1944)
- Cape Sansapor operation (12–18 and 20–26 August 1944)
- Morotai landing (15 September 1944)
- Leyte landings (13–28 October and 2–18 November 1944)
- Visayan Island landings (26 March, 2, 10–11 and 20 April 1945)
- Mindanao Island landings (17–23 April 1945)
| victories = | awards =- Navy Unit Commendation
- American Campaign Medal
- Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal
- World War II Victory Medal
- Navy Occupation Service Medal w/Asia Clasp
- Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation
- Philippine Liberation Medal
}} | USS LST-458 was a United States Navy {{sclass-|LST-1|tank landing ship}} used in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II. ConstructionLST-458 was laid down on 18 September 1942, under Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 978, by Kaiser Shipyards, Vancouver, Washington; launched on 26 October 1942; and commissioned on 10 February 1943,{{sfn|Kaiser Vancouver|2010}} Lieutenant Frederick W. Hinrichs, USNR, in command.{{sfn|DANFS}} Service historyDuring the war, LST-458 was assigned to the Pacific Theater of Operations. She took part in the Eastern New Guinea operations, the Lae occupation in September 1943, and the Saidor occupation in February 1944; the Bismarck Archipelago operations, the Cape Gloucester, New Britain, landings from December 1943 through February 1944, and the Admiralty Islands landings in March 1944; the Hollandia operation in April 1944; the Western New Guinea operations, the Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area operation in May 1944, the Biak Islands operation in June 1944, the Noemfoor Island operation in July 1944, the Cape Sansapor operation in August 1944, and the Morotai landing in September 1944; the Leyte landings in October and November 1944; and the Mindanao Island landings in April 1945.{{sfn|DANFS}} Post-war serviceFollowing the war, LST-458 performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-October 1945. Upon her return to the United States, she was decommissioned on 15 April 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 3 July 1946. On 31 October 1947, the ship was sold to the Luria Steel & Trading Corp., of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and subsequently scrapped.{{sfn|DANFS}} Honors and awardsLST-458 earned six battle stars for her World War II service.{{sfn|DANFS}} Notes {{notelist}}- Citations
Bibliography {{refbegin}}Online resources
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| url = http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/kvancouver.htm
| title = Kaiser Vancouver, Vancouver WA
| publisher = www.ShipbuildingHistory.com
| date = 27 November 2010
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| url = http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160458.htm
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| date= 10 October 2014
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