USS Montauk ( LSV - 6 ) USS " Montauk " ( LSV - 6 / AN - 2 / AP - 161 / AKN - 6 ) was an built for the United States Navy during World War II . She was named after and was the fourth U . S . Naval vessel to bear the name . Originally laid down under Maritime Commission contract ( MC hull 1 ) as " AN - 2 " on 14 April 1942 by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation of Pascagoula , Mississippi ; launched 14 April 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . G . C . Whiting ; reclassified " AP - 161 " 2 August 1943 ; reclassified " LSV - 6 " 21 April 1944 ; and commissioned 6 October 1944 at Brooklyn , New York with Commander Alfred R . Boileau in command . Service history . Pacific , 1944 – 1945 . After shakedown in Chesapeake Bay , " Montauk " joined TU 29 . 6 . 11 on 7 November 1944 and sailed for the west coast for assignment with Amphibious Forces , Pacific Fleet . Arriving at San Francisco on the 23rd , she loaded DUKWs and LCVP s and headed for Hawaii on the 25th on her first vehicular cargo run . During the next few months , the delivery of similar cargoes took her to Guadalcanal , Tulagi , Eniwetok , and Guam as well as to Hawaii . On 2 March she took on Army troops and equipment , sailing on the 5th for Saipan . Then , as Allied forces in the Pacific gathered for the next campaign , she sailed west toward Okinawa . . Battle of Okinawa , 1945 . By 1 April she stood off the " demonstration " beach on the southeast coast of that largest of the Ryukyu Islands . There she participated in the diversionary feint to draw the enemy ' s attention from the Hagushi beaches , receiving within hours her first taste of Japanese kamikaze aerial resistance tactics , At 0704 , she proceeded to Transport Area Easy off the west coast of Okinawa , rendezvousing with the , Vice Admiral Turner ' s flagship , at 1109 , and commencing the employment of her boats in the shuttling of Army staff personnel to and from " Eldorado " . Her passengers and cargo , assigned to reinforcement roles , remained on board , intact , until 9 April . Emptied by the 15th , she set a course back to Saipan on the 16th . From Saipan , she made one run to the Palaus , and then headed back to San Francisco , whence she conducted amphibious supply runs to Hawaii , Eniwetok , Guam , and Ulithi through the remaining months of the war . End of the war , 1945 . Following VJ Day , " Montauk " transported occupation troops to Okinawa and then sailed , 30 September , for Tientsin , China , with Marine Corps personnel and equipment . Departing 10 October she returned to the Ryukyus and then steamed on to Guam , where she embarked personnel of the 6th Marine Division for transportation to China , disembarking them at Tsingtao , 28 November . At the end of the month , she proceeded to Sasebo , Japan and sailed from there on the 13th for Okinawa en route to San Diego . Decommissioning and sale , 1945 – 1972 . " Montauk " returned to the United States 29 December and was reassigned to the Atlantic Fleet , homeported at Charleston , South Carolina . Renamed " Galilea " and redesignated " AKN - 6 " on 1 October 1946 she began inactivation in December 1946 . Decommissioned in July 1947 she entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Charleston . She remained there as a unit of the 16th Fleet until placed in the custody of the Maritime Administration in August 1960 . On 1 September 1961 she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register . The following year , she was formally transferred to the Commerce Department and was laid up in the James River as a unit of the National Defense Reserve Fleet . " Galilea " was sold for scrapping in June 1972 . " Montauk " received one battle star for her World War II service .