USS Oceanside ( LSM - 175 ) USS " Oceanside " ( LSM - 175 ) was one of 558 ( a form of amphibious assault ship ) 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 ( 7 ) – 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 " . Service history . World War II , 1944 – 1946 . Following a Chesapeake Bay shakedown , " LSM – 175 " departed the east coast , transited the Panama Canal , and continued on to San Diego , arriving 1 December . From San Diego , she proceeded to San Francisco , then to Pearl Harbor and the Solomon Islands . Arriving at Florida Island on 20 February , she trained for her first campaign , Okinawa . She departed the Solomons on 12 March , staged at Ulithi , then steamed west , arriving off the Hagushi beaches on western Okinawa on 1 April . As the assault forces streamed ashore , " LSM – 175 " unloaded transport and cargo vessels . At 0910 an enemy aircraft was taken under fire . In the course of the fight anti - aircraft projectiles struck in the LSM ' s well deck , wounding nine embarked marines and two " bluejackets " . On the 6th , she again turned her guns on an enemy aircraft and assisted in splashing it 600 yards off the starboard bow . On 20 April she got underway for Ulithi , whence she steamed to Leyte , arriving on 28 May . For the remainder of the war " LSM – 175 " carried rolling stock and mixed cargo to the Marianas and amongst the Philippines , returning to Okinawa in mid - August . Through September she operated in the Philippines and in October shifted to Japan for brief duty with the occupation forces . Arriving in Tokyo Bay on 8 October she sailed for the United States in late November . On 26 December she arrived at San Diego , then , in February 1946 steamed to San Francisco where she decommissioned on 11 July 1946 . " LSM – 175 " received one battle star for World War II service . 1950 – 1955 . Reactivated four years later , " LSM – 175 " was recommissioned on 8 September 1950 . Homeported at San Diego , she trained marines and seabees in amphibious operations . On 30 June 1955 she was transferred to the 11th Naval District . On 30 October 1955 she was decommissioned and placed in service . Disarmed and with a reduced crew , the LSM then took up logistic support of the islands in that district . Homeported at Long Beach in October 1956 , and renamed USS " Oceanside " ( LSM - 175 ) on 14 October 1959 , she served the 11th Naval District until 1 February 1961 , when she was placed out of service and struck from the Naval Vessel Register . Vietnam and Philippine Navy , 1961 – 1989 . 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 .