USS Lawrence County ( LST - 887 ) USS " Lawrence County " ( LST - 887 ) was a built for the United States Navy during World War II . Named after counties in eleven U . S . states , she was the only U . S . Naval vessel to bear the name . Originally laid down as " LST - 887 " by the Dravo Corporation of Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania on 27 August 1944 ; launched on 7 October 1944 , sponsored by Mrs . F . J . Conroy ; and commissioned at New Orleans , Louisiana on 7 November 1944 with Lieutenant Loring O . Chandler , USCGR , in command . Service history . World War II , 1944 – 1945 . After shakedown out of St . Andrew ' s Bay , Florida " LST - 887 " departed New Orleans on 10 December and steamed to San Diego , where she arrived the 31st to unload bulk cargo . Thence she reached Seattle , Washington on 13 January 1945 ; and , after embarking Army engineers and support equipment , she sailed in convoy for Pearl Harbor on 10 February . There she embarked Seabees following her arrival on 22 February , and on 4 March she joined a convoy bound for the western Pacific . After touching at Eniwetok and Saipan , " LST - 887 " departed the Marianas on 26 March for the invasion of Okinawa . Assigned to the Southern Defense Group of the Southern Attack Force , she closed beach Orange I on 2 April and began discharging troops and equipment . During the next two weeks she operated in Okinawan waters making a cargo shuttle run to Kerama Retto and back 9 to 10 April and providing smoke cover for American ships during Japanese air attacks . Between 12 and 15 April " LST - 887 " took part in repelling three enemy air strikes . While laying smoke on 12 April , she shot down an enemy dive bomber . As the aircraft dove for the , her 40 mm and 20 mm guns repeatedly hit the kamikaze which splashed close board the merchantman . Sailing in convoy on 16 April , " LST - 887 " reached Ulithi , Carolines , the 23rd . Between 10 May and 9 June she steamed via the Admiralties and the Russell Islands to Guadalcanal and transported troops and equipment via Eniwetok to Guam . Thence , after loading 4 , 400 drums of gasoline at Saipan , she returned to Okinawa on 26 June and exchanged her cargo of fuel for one of tanks and amphibious vehicles . On the Fourth of July she sailed once again for the Marianas , arriving Guam six days later . During the closing days of the War in the Pacific and over the next two months " LST - 887 " continued supply and ferry runs among and out of the Marianas . Post - war activities , 1945 – 1946 . In addition to cruises between Guam and Saipan , she steamed to Peleliu , Palaus , and back between 27 August and 6 September . Thence , with occupation troops embarked , she cleared Saipan in convoy on 17 September and steamed to Japan , arriving at Nagasaki , Kyūshū , the 24th . Between 28 September and 25 October she steamed to the Philippines and carried additional troops to Mitsuhama , Shikoku . The LST returned to Manila Bay on 6 November and during the next month transported troops and equipment from Mangarin Bay , Mindoro to Batangas , Luzon . " LST - 887 " returned to Manila on 9 December and , after embarking troops for passage to the United States , she sailed on 14 December . Steaming via Guam and Pearl Harbor , she reached San Francisco on 30 January 1946 . She remained there until 2 April when she sailed for Astoria , Oregon . She arrived on 5 April , moved to Portland , Oregon on the 9th , and from 13 June to 22 July underwent inactivation at Vancouver , Washington . " LST - 887 " decommissioned at Portland on 23 July 1946 and entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet . Korean War , 1950 – 1953 . " LST - 887 " recommissioned at Bremerton , Washington on 3 November 1950 with Lieutenant Walter T . Babcock in command . She sailed to San Diego between 29 November and 6 December and , following shakedown and training , she departed on 21 March 1951 for the Far East . Steaming via Pearl Harbor , she reached Yokosuka , Japan on 26 April and four days later began cargo and training runs along the Japanese coast . Early in September she joined the seaborne supply line in support of American forces fighting Communist aggression in South Korea . Between 4 and 14 September she carried troops and cargo out of Sasebo to Kangnung , South Korea . After completing additional cargo operations among the islands of Kyūshū , Honshū , and Hokkaidō she again steamed to Korea on 21 December . She reached Inchon the 28th , debarked her troops , and during the next two weeks operated along the western coast of Korea . She returned to Yokosuka on 17 January 1952 , thence from 10 February to 8 March steamed via Pearl Harbor to San Diego . " LST - 887 " deployed to the Far East on 25 August ; and , upon arriving Yokosuka on 8 October , she resumed cargo runs among the Japanese islands . She renewed her logistics duty from Japan to Korea on 10 December when she departed Otaru , Hokkaidō to carry troops and equipment to Pusan . She returned to Yokosuka via Otaru on 23 December . During the next three months additional shuttle runs out of Otaru and Yokosuka sent her to Inchon and along the Korean coast to Koje Do . After returning to Yokosuka on 2 April 1953 , she departed on 18 April for the west coast and reached San Diego on 16 May . After the cessation of hostilities on 27 July 1953 , " LST - 887 " between 31 July and 25 August steamed to Japan . There she embarked returning troops at Nagoya and Yokosuka and sailed for the United States on 3 September , via Hawaii , arriving San Diego on 12 October . Far East deployments , 1954 – 1959 . Following overhaul and training . " LST - 887 " again deployed to the Far East on 27 March 1954 and arrived Yokosuka on 3 May via Pearl Harbor and Guam . During the next three months she steamed out of Yokosuka along the Japanese coast and to Korea and Okinawa in support of American training and readiness operations . Departing Japan on 17 August , she steamed to Southeast Asia to support the " Operation Passage to Freedom " from North Vietnam to South Vietnam . Between 30 August and 20 September she made four voyages out of Haiphong to Nha Trang and Tourane carrying French troops and equipment . After departing Vietnam on 26 September , she steamed via Yokosuka and Pearl Harbor to San Diego , where she arrived on 7 November . Between 13 March 1955 and 14 May 1957 the ship made two more deployments to the Far East ( while operating out of Yokosuka she was named USS " Lawrence County " ( LST - 887 ) on 1 July 1955 ) . Training and logistics duty in support of the 7th Fleet sent her from Japan to Okinawa , Hong Kong , and the Philippines . In addition , she made periodic runs out of Yokosuka to Sasebo and Nagoya . Following the completion of her Far East deployment in 1957 , " Lawrence County " continued cargo and training voyages out of San Diego to U . S . Pacific bases . She trained in Hawaiian waters during July and August , and she steamed the Pacific coast to Kodiak , Alaska , and back between 30 September and 10 November . She returned to the Hawaiian Islands on 5 April 1958 for operations out of Pearl Harbor until sailing for the Marshalls on 7 May . Between 21 May and 18 June she provided logistics support during seven nuclear test shots of " Operation Hardtack I " . Thence , she departed Eniwetok on 22 June and arrived San Diego via Pearl Harbor on 19 July . " Lawrence County " returned to Pearl Harbor on 6 May 1959 and resumed passenger and cargo runs to Pacific bases . She sailed for Midway on 9 May and operated there until returning to Pearl Harbor on 24 June . Between 13 August and 30 October she cruised to Wake Island , Eniwetok , and Ponape to shuttle cargo . Departing Pearl Harbor on 2 November , she reached San Diego on 19 November . Decommissioning and sale . " Lawrence County " operated at San Diego until sailing for Astoria , Oregon , on 24 February 1960 . She arrived the 29th and decommissioned there on 22 March 1960 . She was placed in the Columbia River Group , Pacific Reserve Fleet , and was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 November 1960 . In December 1960 she was sold to Indonesia under terms of the Foreign Assistance Sales Program for service in the Indonesian Navy as KRI " Tandjung Nusanie " ( LST - 1 ) . Deleted from the Indonesian Navy Vessel Register in 1974 , her final fate is unknown . Awards . " LST - 887 " received one battle star for World War II and three battle stars for Korean War service .