USS Page County ( LST - 1076 ) USS Page County ( LST - 1076 ) was a built for the United States Navy during World War II . Named for counties in Iowa and Virginia , she was the only U . S . Naval vessel to bear the name . Originally laid down as " LST - 1076 " on 16 March 1945 by the Bethlehem - Hingham Shipyard , Hingham , Massachusetts ; launched on 14 April 1945 , sponsored by Mrs . Lillian J . Ostler ; and commissioned on 1 May 1945 , with Lieutenant Grover L . Rawlings , USNR , in command . Service history . World War II , 1944 – 1945 . After shakedown in Chesapeake Bay , " LST – 1076 " embarked troops in New York and sailed , 14 June 1945 , for Pearl Harbor . She arrived Pearl Harbor on 19 July and began several weeks of rigorous training in the Hawaiian operating areas . " LST – 1076 " stood out from Pearl Harbor on 29 August loaded with occupation troops bound for Sasebo , Japan . She disembarked her passengers on 22 September and by 17 October , she was returning to the United States with war veterans . She arrived at San Diego on 11 December and shortly thereafter went into overhaul . " LST – 1076 " was sent to Vancouver , Washington in April 1946 for inactivation , and decommissioned on 13 June to be assigned to the Columbia Group of the U . S . Pacific Reserve Fleet . 1960 – 1966 . Named USS " Page County " ( LST - 1076 ) on 1 July 1955 the LST remained at Astoria , Oregon on the Columbia River until July 1960 when she was towed to San Diego for modernization and reactivation . " Page County " was recommissioned on 28 November 1960 and following shakedown carried out local operations off the coast of Southern California through 1961 . On 3 January 1962 " Page County " sailed for Pearl Harbor to provide logistic support for the United States Army . " Page County " operated within the Hawaiian Islands in support of the Army through January and shifted to operational control of Commander , Hawaiian Sea Frontier on 1 February for operations in the southern mid - Pacific . On 1 April she was assigned to Joint Task Force 8 in support of nuclear tests being conducted by the U . S . Government . She transported civilian construction crews and their equipment to islands such as Palmyra , Malden , Penrhyn , Washington , Fanning , and Christmas . She completed these assignments on 5 August and returned to San Diego on the 20th . On 27 October " Page County " was called on to participate in the Cuban Missile Crisis quarantine . She transited the Panama Canal on 8 November and reached Vieques , Puerto Rico on the 16th . After shuttling troops between Roosevelt Roads and Vieques , she was detached on 1 December to return to San Diego . On 16 March 1963 " Page County " put into San Francisco to undergo an extensive MK II FRAM overhaul which was completed in July . She returned to San Diego on 5 August and was assigned to coastal operations . Between 18 January and 16 February 1965 she participated in " Operation Silver Lance " ( one of the largest Navy - Marine Corps training exercises ever held in peacetime ) . Deteriorating conditions in Vietnam caused her immediate departure on 17 February , for Pearl Harbor , to transport elements of Marine Air Group 13 to Okinawa . She returned to San Diego on 7 May . Vietnam , 1966 – 1970 . " Page County " deployed to Adak , Alaska from 6 July to 21 October , returning to San Diego for coastal operations until 19 July 1966 , when she prepared for deployment to Vietnam . Operating principally between Chu Lai and Da Nang , she supported the struggle in South Vietnam until returning to the United States in December . Resuming local operations , " Page County " provided services to MinPac in evaluating the capabilities of LSTs for mine sweeping , and to Pacific Fleet Command for training exercises and administrative lifts for Hawaiian based Army and Marine Corps personnel . Early 1968 found " Page County " participating in EastPac exercises , training Camp Pendleton Marines and Seabee s from Port Hueneme . During the spring she again joined the 7th Fleet for operations in Southeast Asia . From 11 September through 6 November she operated out of Da Nang and returned to San Diego on 24 December , via Hong Kong , Yokosuka , and Pearl Harbor . After operations on the West Coast , " Page County " returned to the Western Pacific in the autumn and served in the 7th Fleet into 1970 . Decommissioning and sale . Decommissioned on 5 March 1971 , she was transferred to Greece ( date unknown ) under the Security Assistance Program and renamed " Kriti " ( L171 ) . The ship was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 15 April 1978 and sold under the Security Assistance Program to Greece on 1 July 1978 . Her final fate is unknown . Awards . " Page County " earned five campaign star s for Vietnam War service .