page_title: USS Oceanside
section_title: Vietnam and Philippine Navy, 1961–1989
hierarchical_section_title: USS Oceanside / Service history / Vietnam and Philippine Navy, 1961–1989
caption_attribution_description: English: USS Oceanside (LSM-175) underway, date and place unknown.
context_page_description: USS Oceanside was one of 558 LSM-1-class landing ship medium built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for the town of Oceanside, California, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.
  Originally laid down as LCT –1675 on 11 July 1944 at the Charleston Navy Yard, she was launched on 3 August 1944, sponsored by Miss Emily V. Jackson; and commissioned on 25 September 1944 as USS LSM-175.
context_section_description: The ship was transferred to the custody of South Vietnam on 1 August 1961 to serve in the Republic of Vietnam Navy as RVNS Huong Giang (HQ-404). After the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975, Huong Giang, under Commander Lương, escaped  to the Philippines as part of a flotilla of Vietnam Navy ships under the overall leadership of Navy Captain Khương Hữu Bá. Huong Giang sailed to Subic Bay, where custody was transferred to the Philippines on 17 November 1975. The Philippine Navy renamed her BRP Batanes (LP65). The ship was disposed of in 1989. Her final fate is unknown.
caption: USS Oceanside (LSM-175) at sea, date and place unknown.
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