USS Fort Marion ( LSD - 22 ) USS " Fort Marion " ( LSD - 22 ) was a of the United States Navy . She was named for the Castillo de San Marcos in St . Augustine , Florida , which was named Fort Marion from 1821 till 1942 . USS " Fort Marion " ( LSD - 22 ) . " Fort Marion " was launched on 22 May 1945 by Gulf Shipbuilding Corp . , Chickasaw , Alabama , sponsored by Mrs . Louise S . Dodson ; and commissioned on 29 January 1946 , Commander H . A . Adams in command . " Fort Marion " arrived at San Diego her home port , 26 May 1946 , and through the next three years repaired landing craft , carried cargo and landing craft between San Diego and San Francisco , and took part in amphibious training exercises on the California coast . Between 4 April and 21 July 1949 , she made her first tour of duty in the Far East , calling in Alaska outward bound . Korean War . Upon the outbreak of the Korean War , " Fort Marion " sailed for action 12 July 1950 , and arrived at Pusan with Marines and their equipment 2 August . For the next month , she ferried troops from Kobe to Yokosuka for further routing onward to Korea . On 12 September , at Pusan , " Fort Marion " embarked men of the 3rd Battalion , 5th Marines and three LSUs , carrying ten tank s , for the invasion of Inchon . " Fort Marion " was the flagship of Captain Norman W . Sears ' Advance Attack Group , which comprised " Fort Marion " and the fast transport s " Horace A . Bass " , " Diachenko " , and " Wantuck " . Shortly after midnight on the 15th , destroyer s and cruiser s of the Gunfire Support Group entered Flying Fish Channel and headed north , accompanied by the Advance Attack Group . " Fort Marion " s Marines and tanks landed on Green Beach on Wolmi - do starting at 06 : 33 . The seizure of this strategically placed island made possible the landings at 17 : 30 that afternoon by the rest of the 5th Marines and the 1st Marines . " Fort Marion " lay off Inchon for the next month , receiving casualties and caring for small craft . From 25 October 1950 until 23 November " Fort Marion " lay at Wonsan for similar duty , as well as aiding in the withdrawal early in December . From 29 December through March 1951 , she carried troops from Japan to Korea . In April , a special task organization , Task Force 74 , was set up under Admiral Roscoe H . Hillenkoetter , with the mission of interdicting North Korea ' s east coast rail line by a commando raid . " Fort Marion " , with 250 men of the British Royal Marines ' 41 Commando battalion , and " Begor " ( APD - 127 ) with a UDT detachment , set sail for Sorye Dong , eight miles south of Sŏngjin , with a supporting force composed of " Saint Paul " ( CA - 73 ) , two destroyers , and six minesweepers . The landing itself was the responsibility of Captain Philip W . Mothersill , commanding officer of " Fort Marion " and Commander Amphibious Group ; Adm . Hillenkoetter controlled only the supporting ships . Despite fog and an unsuitable landing zone , the commandos blew up about 100 yards of railroad , and were then successfully reembarked , although they found that airstrikes by Task Force 77 had already made the railway inoperable . " Fort Marion " sailed from Yokosuka for home 26 April 1951 . During her second Korean War deployment , from 16 April 1952 to 14 January 1953 , " Fort Marion " operated with a mine squadron in Wonsan Harbor , acting as mother ship for the small ships as they carried out their dangerous operations . She also operated with an amphibious construction battalion , and joined in a mock invasion on the coast north of Wonsan . 1953 – 1960 . Extensively overhauled in 1953 , " Fort Marion " was equipped with a mezzanine deck and fitted to carry helicopter s . She arrived at Sasebo 7 December to resume duty as a minesweeper tender , and during this tour of duty joined in amphibious exercises off Okinawa and Japan . Back in San Diego 19 August 1954 , she sailed later that year to the Hawaiian Islands for exercises , and in May 1955 took part in Operation Wigwam , the experimental detonation of an underwater atomic explosion . In 1956 – 57 , 1958 , and 1959 , " Fort Marion " made additional deployments to the western Pacific , taking part in mine and amphibious warfare operations , and in the summer of 1958 , joining in emergency operations to meet the threat posed by renewed Communist shelling of the Nationalist - held offshore islands . In September , serving with the Taiwan Patrol Force , she brought supplies to Quemoy under Communist fire . " Fort Marion " spent much of 1960 in an extensive modernization overhaul which added many useful years to her expected span of service , and on 22 November sailed for Far Eastern duty once more . " Fort Marion " served in several Vietnam War campaigns between 1965 and 1969 . " Fort Marion " was decommissioned on 13 February 1970 , and stricken from the Naval Register on 31 October 1974 . The ship was sold to the Republic of China on 15 April 1977 . Awards . " Fort Marion " received five battle star s for Korean War service and five campaign stars for Vietnam War service . ROCS " Chen Hai " ( LSD - 192 ) . Ex - " Fort Marion " served in the Republic of China Navy as ROCS " Chen Hai " ( LSD - 192 ) . She was decommissioned in May 1999 , and sunk to form an artificial reef on 9 December 2000 .