USS Mahoning County ( LST - 914 ) The USS " Mahoning County " ( LST - 914 ) was an built for the United States Navy during World War II . Named after Mahoning County , Ohio , she was the only U . S . Naval vessel to bear the name . Originally laid down as LST - 914 by the Bethlehem Shipyard annex in Hingham , Massachusetts , adjacent to Fore River Shipyard on 16 February 1944 ; launched 18 April 1944 ; and commissioned 18 May 1944 with Lieutenant A . W . Meyer in command . World War II . LST ‑ 914 first engaged in combat duty with the invasion of southern France 15 August 1944 . She carried Army troops and equipment from Naples , Italy and unloaded them on the beach near Cape Lardier . Shortly afterward the LST joined Training Group Command , Atlantic Fleet , and operated along the east and gulf coasts until early in 1945 . On 10 February 1945 , she departed Gulfport , Mississippi , for the Canal Zone en route to duty with the Pacific Fleet . Steaming via Pearl Harbor and Eniwetok , she arrived Saipan 25 April . For the next 4 months the ship carried men and equipment between Saipan and Okinawa , making occasional calls at Tinian and Guam . She departed Saipan 24 July and sailed for the Philippines , operating there for the remainder of the War . LST ‑ 914 continued to operate in the Western Pacific after the Japanese surrender . On 26 June 1946 she decommissioned and was lent to the United States Army . She was then given a Japanese crew and for the next 4 years transported general cargo in the Far East . Korean War . With the outbreak of hostilities in Korea and the consequent urgent need for ships , LST ‑ 914 recommissioned at Yokosuka , Japan 26 August 1950 with Lieutenant R . L . Holzhaus in command . By 6 September she was steaming for the combat zone . She embarked units of the 1st Marine Division at Pusan and transported them around the peninsula for the 15 September Inchon invasion , one of the decisive amphibious assaults of history , which routed the North Korean Army . Following Inchon , for which her task element was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation , the LST participated in the Wonsan operations and in the evacuation of Hungnam , 10 – 24 December . On 13 January she sailed for Kobe , Japan , underwent overhaul and returned to Korea in mid ‑ February . She continued to support operations off the Korean coast until 1 April 1951 , then departed for San Diego , arriving 26 May . Post - War duty . For the next 2 years " LST ‑ 914 " operated off the West coast . In June 1953 , she departed San Diego for her first Bar ‑ Change operation , the replenishment of bases in the Arctic . She returned to that duty during the summers of 1955 ‑ 1957 and plied the waters of the Arctic Ocean , operating primarily in the Beaufort Sea . En route to her 1955 Arctic deployment , LST ‑ 914 was given the name USS " Mahoning County " ( LST - 914 ) in ceremonies at Seattle , Washington 7 July . Among the sailors on board was Fireman Richard G . Adams of Struthers , Ohio , a city in Mahoning County . In addition to her Arctic cruises , the LST also participated in deployments in the western Pacific during the winters of 1954 , 1956 , and 1958 . In 1958 , the " Mahoning County " was awarded the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award , which is presented annually by the U . S . Navy ' s Chief of Naval Operations to the fleet ' s most battle - ready ship . " Mahoning County " operated out of Long Beach for the first 9 months of 1959 . On 5 September she decommissioned and was sold to Zidall Explorations , Inc . of Portland , Oregon on 22 June 1960 for scrapping . LST ‑ 914 received two battle star s for World War II service and six for Korean War service .