- 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-479 | Ship namesake= | Kaiser No. 4|2014}} | Ship builder= Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California | Kaiser No. 4|2014}} | Ship laid down= 25 August 1942 | Ship launched= 4 October 1942 | Ship sponsor= | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= 19 April 1943 | Ship decommissioned= 28 February 1946 | Ship identification=*Hull symbol: LST-479- Code letters: NGOL
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| Ship honors= 5 × battle stars | Ship reclassified= | Ship struck=28 March 1946 | Ship fate=sold for scrapping, 16 April 1948 | Ship status=
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}}{{Infobox service record | is_ship = yes | is_multi = | label = | partof = LST Flotilla 13 | codes = | commanders = | operations =- Gilbert Islands operations (21 November–8 December 1943)
- Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls (2–8 February 1944)
- Battle of Hollandia (21–26 April 1944)
- Capture and occupation of Guam (21–25 July 1944)
- Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (26–29 April 1945)
| victories = | awards =- American Campaign Medal
- Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal
- World War II Victory Medal
}} | USS LST-479 was a United States Navy {{sclass-|LST-1|tank landing ship}} used in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II. ConstructionLST-479 was laid down on 25 August 1942, under Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 999, by Kaiser Shipyards, Yard No. 4, Richmond, California; launched on 4 October 1942; and commissioned on 19 April 1943,{{sfn|Kaiser No. 4|2014}} with Lieutenant Melvin O. Buker, USNR, in command.{{sfn|DANFS}} Service historyDuring the war, LST-479 was assigned to the Pacific Theater of Operations. She took part in the Gilbert Islands operation, November and December 1943; the Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls in February 1944; the Battle of Hollandia in April 1944; the Battle of Guam in July 1944; and the Battle of Okinawa in April 1945.{{sfn|DANFS}} Post-war serviceFollowing the war, LST-479 returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 28 February 1946, and struck from the Navy list on 28 March 1946. On 16 April 1948, the ship was sold to the Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and subsequently scrapped.{{sfn|DANFS}} Honors and awardsLST-479 earned five battle stars for her World War II service.{{sfn|DANFS}} Notes {{notelist}}- Citations
Bibliography {{refbegin}}Online resources
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| url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lst-479.html
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| accessdate = 1 February 2017
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| url = http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/krichmond.htm
| title = Kaiser Permanente No. 4, Richmond CA
| publisher = www.ShipbuildingHistory.com
| date = 5 February 2014
| accessdate = 1 February 2017
| ref = {{sfnRef|Kaiser No. 4|2014}}
| url = http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160479.htm
| title= USS LST-479
| publisher= Navsource.org
| date= 31 October 2014
| accessdate= 1 February 2017
| ref= {{sfnRef|Navsource|2014}}{{refend}}External links{{Commons category|USS LST-479}}- {{navsource|10/16/160479|USS LST-479}}
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