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词条 USS Maricopa County (LST-938)
释义

  1. Construction

  2. Service history

     World War II  Post-war activities  Korean War era  Decommissioning and transfer 

  3. Republic of Vietnam service

  4. Capture by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam

  5. Awards

  6. Notes

     Citations 

  7. Bibliography

  8. External links

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  • Code letters: NKCS
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  • Mindanao Island landings (10–18 March, 24 March–14 April 1945)
  • Balikpapan operation (26 June–9 July 1945)
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  • China Service Medal
  • American Campaign Medal
  • Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal
  • World War II Victory Medal
  • Navy Occupation Service Medal w/Asia Clasp
  • National Defense Service Medal
  • Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation
  • Philippine Liberation Medal

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USS Maricopa County (LST-938) was an {{sclass-|LST-542|tank landing ship}} built for the United States Navy during World War II. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation. She was later named after Maricopa County, Arizona, she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name.

Construction

LST-938 was laid down on 14 July 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 15 August 1944; and commissioned on 9 September 1944,{{sfn|DANFS LST-938}} with Ensign Howard W. Limes in command.{{sfn|Navsource|2015}}

Service history

World War II

Completion of shakedown in Chesapeake Bay brought assignment to the 7th Fleet. With {{USS|LCT-1210||2}} aboard, she departed New York on 18 October 1944, and rendezvoused with a convoy near Guantánamo en route the South Pacific. Pausing briefly in the New Hebrides, LST-938 sailed on to Seeadler Harbor, Admiralty Islands, and commenced unloading on 16 December.{{sfn|DANFS Maricopa County|2015}}

Having taken on supplies for a PT base on 7 January 1945, she joined a convoy for the partially liberated Philippines, where she operated for next four months.{{sfn|DANFS Maricopa County|2015}}

On 10 March, elements of the 41st Infantry Division were put ashore at Zamboanga on the southwest tip of Mindanao. Further south an invasion was pending and on 28 April, LST-938 departed Leyte and steamed to Cairns, Australia. Illustrating the cooperative nature of the war effort, LST-938 transported elements of the Australian 7th Infantry Division to the assault beaches at Balikpapan, Borneo, Dutch East Indies. Unscathed after the landing operations of 1 July, and the follow-up resupply missions, she returned to the Philippines on 27 July.{{sfn|DANFS Maricopa County|2015}}

Post-war activities

As the war ended, the ship embarked occupation troops and discharged them at Tokyo on 15 September. LST-938 continued to serve in the Japanese occupation until 30 November. Her next assignment placed her on duty along the China coast until 13 May 1946. The ship then departed Tsingtao and returned to the United States.{{sfn|DANFS Maricopa County|2015}}

From her arrival on the east coast on 12 July 1946, until December 1949, LST-938 served as Naval Reserve training ship first at Bayonne, New Jersey, and later at Gulfport, Mississippi. Deactivation followed at Green Cove Springs, Florida, where she decommissioned and entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet.{{sfn|DANFS Maricopa County|2015}}

Korean War era

Police action in Korea brought reactivation and she recommissioned 14 December 1951, Lieutenant Howard W. Childress in command. LST-938 was based at the Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base, Virginia, and served as a Marine Corps training ship. During the next 4½ years she carried out operations from Greenland to the Caribbean area.{{sfn|DANFS Maricopa County|2015}}

On 1 July 1955 she was named Maricopa County.{{sfn|DANFS Maricopa County|2015}}

Decommissioning and transfer

Following an inactivation overhaul at New York she reached Green Cove Springs on 2 December 1955, and decommissioned on 29 February 1956. Late in October 1961 Maricopa County was towed to Philadelphia Navy Yard and prepared for a new career.{{sfn|DANFS Maricopa County|2015}}

Republic of Vietnam service

Struck from the Navy List on 1 June 1962, she was transferred to the Republic of Vietnam and commissioned in the Republic of Vietnam Navy as RVNS Da Nang (HQ-501) on 12 July 1962.{{sfn|DANFS Maricopa County|2015}}

Capture by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Captured by the North Vietnamese around the time of the fall of Saigon, on 29 April 1975, the ship was placed in service with the Vietnamese People's Navy and renamed Tran Khanh Du (HQ-501).{{sfn|Navsource|2015}}

Awards

LST-938 earned two battle star for World War II service.{{sfn|DANFS LST-938}}

Notes

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Citations

Bibliography

{{refbegin}}Online resources
  • {{cite DANFS

| last =
| first =
| url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/LST-938.html
| title = LST-938
| publisher = Naval History and Heritage Command
| date =
| accessdate = 31 May 2017
| ref = {{sfnRef|DANFS LST-938}}
  • {{cite DANFS

| last =
| first =
| url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/m/maricopa-county.html
| title = Maricopa County
| publisher = Naval History and Heritage Command
| date = 5 August 2015
| accessdate = 31 May 2017
| ref = {{sfnRef|DANFS Maricopa County|2015}}
  • {{cite web

| url = http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/bethhingham.htm
| title = Bethlehem-Hingham, Hingham MA
| publisher = www.ShipbuildingHistory.com
| date = 11 August 2011
| accessdate = 31 May 2017
| ref = {{sfnRef|Bethlehem-Hingham|2011}}
  • {{cite web

| url = http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160938.htm
| title= USS LST-938
| publisher= Navsource.org
| date= 6 November 2015
| accessdate= 31 May 2017
| ref= {{sfnRef|Navsource|2015}}{{Refend}}

External links

  • {{navsource|10/16/160938|USS LST-938}}
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