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USS LST-475

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Construction
Service history
Honors and awards
Notes
Bibliography
External links

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Ship caption=USS LST-475 while under construction at Kaiser, Inc., Vancouver, WA. She was built in record time, 71 hours and 50 minutes from keel laying to launching, 16 November 1942.
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Ship country= United States

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Ship name=LST-475

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Ship builder= Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington

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Ship laid down= 14 November 1942

Ship launched= 16 November 1942

Ship commissioned= 20 March 1943

Ship decommissioned= 24 April 1946

Ship struck= 5 June 1946

Ship identification=*Hull symbol: LST-475

Code letters: NPNN
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Ship honors= 6 × battle stars

Ship fate=sold, 31 October 1946

Ship status=fate unknown

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Ship troops=16 officers, 147 enlisted men

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partof = LST Flotilla 7

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Eastern New Guinea operations
- Lae occupation (4–6, 9–11 September 1943)
- Saidor occupation (2–11 January 1944)
Bismarck Archipelago operations
- Cape Gloucester, New Britain (26–29 December 1943, 22–25 January, 30 January–2 February 1944)
Hollandia operation (21–26 April 1944)
Western New Guinea operations
- Noemfoor Island operation (11–18 July 1944)
- Cape Sansapor operation (31 July, 6, 8–14, 16–22 August 1944)
- Morotai landing (15 September 1944)
Leyte landings (13–27 October, 5–18 November 1944)
Lingayen Gulf landings (4–15 January 1945)
Borneo operations
- Balikpapan operation (June–July 1945)

victories =

awards =

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

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USS LST-475 was a United States Navy {{sclass-|LST-1|tank landing ship}} used in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II. As with many of her class, the ship was never named. Instead, she was referred to by her hull designation.

Construction

The ship was laid down on 14 November 1942, under Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 995, by Kaiser Shipyards, Vancouver, Washington; launched 16 November 1942; and commissioned on 20 March 1943, Lieutenant Commander Thomas D. Blake, USNR, in command.{{sfn|Navsource|2014}}

Service history

During the war, LST-475 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 January 1944; the Bismarck Archipelago operations, the Cape Gloucester, New Britain landings in December 1943; Hollandia operation in April 1944; the Western New Guinea operations, the Noemfoor Island operation in July 1944, the Cape Sansapor operation in July and August 1944, and the Morotai landing in September 1944; the Leyte operation in October and November 1944; the Lingayen Gulf landings in January 1945; and theBorneo operation, the Balikpapan operation in June and July 1945.{{sfn|DANFS}}

Following the war, LST-475 performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-October 1945. Upon her return to the United States, the ship was decommissioned on 24 April 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 5 June, that same year. On 31 October 1946, she was sold to the Suwannee Fruit & Steamship Co., Jacksonville, Florida.{{sfn|DANFS}}

Honors and awards

LST-475 earned six battle stars for her World War II service.{{sfn|DANFS}}

Notes

Citations

Bibliography

{{refbegin}}Online resources

{{cite DANFS

| last =
| first =
| url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lst-475.html
| title = LST-475
| publisher = Naval History and Heritage Command
| date =
| accessdate = 18 April 2017
| ref = {{sfnRef|DANFS}}

{{cite web

| url = http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/kvancouver.htm
| title = Kaiser Vancouver, Vancouver WA
| publisher = www.ShipbuildingHistory.com
| date = 27 November 2010
| accessdate = 18 April 2017
| ref = {{sfnRef|Kaiser Vancouver|2010}}

{{cite web

| url = http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160474.htm
| title= USS LST-475
| publisher= Navsource.org
| date= 31 October 2014
| accessdate= 18 April 2017
| ref= {{sfnRef|Navsource|2014}}{{refend}}

External links

{{navsource|10/16/160474|USS LST-475}}

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