USS St . Joseph ' s River ( LSM ( R ) - 527 ) USS " St . Joseph ' s River " ( LSM ( R ) - 527 ) was laid down on 19 May 1945 by the Brown Shipbuilding Co . , Inc . , in Houston , Texas ; she was launched on 16 June 1945 and commissioned on 24 August 1945 . Service history . Active for less than three months , " LSM ( R ) - 527 " joined the 16th ( Inactive ) Fleet in November 1945 ; decommissioned on 28 March 1946 , she remained berthed for the next four years at Green Cove Springs , Florida . In June 1950 , however , the North Korean Army pushed south across the 38th Parallel . " LSM ( R ) - 527 " was recommissioned on 14 October . Korean war . From mid - November 1950 until mid - March 1951 , " LSM ( R ) - 527 " trained out of Little Creek , Virginia , then headed for California and duty with the Pacific Fleet . Assigned to Landing Ship Squadron 3 , she arrived in San Diego on 12 April . Through the summer , she conducted exercises off the southern California coast . In the fall , she underwent overhaul at Mare Island Navy Yard ; and with the winter of 1951 - 52 , she resumed operations off southern California . In March and April 1952 , she operated off the Panama Canal Zone . In May , she headed west for duty off Korea . " LSM ( R ) - 527 " arrived at Yokosuka on 19 June . Ten days later , she was en route to operating area " Nan " off the west coast of the embattled Korean peninsula . From 3 to 15 July and again from 16 August to 3 September , she helped to defend the islands held by United Nations forces , particularly Cho - Do and Sok - To in the approaches to the Taedong estuary . Returning to Japan after each tour , she sailed for the Korean east coast from Sasebo Naval base on 10 October . In TU 76 . 42 . 1 , she conducted exercises off Kangmung . On 15 October , she arrived off Kojo to provide shore bombardment support for the amphibious feint staged there on that date . By 18 October , she was back in Sasebo . Exercises in Japanese waters followed , and on 14 November , she returned to area " Nan . " Through December , she continued to operate off Cho - Do and Sok - To . After fire support activities in early January 1953 , she shifted to Taechong - Do . She returned to Yokosuka on 25 January ; she sailed for California on 24 February . Steaming via Midway Atoll and Pearl Harbor , " LSM ( R ) - 527 " arrived in San Diego on 23 March and remained on the west coast until 10 February 1954 . She then headed west again . In the western Pacific from mid - March to mid - October , she participated in exercises in Japanese , Korean , and Okinawan waters and in the Volcano Islands area and carried cargo between Japanese and Korean ports . On 7 November , " LSM ( R ) - 527 " returned to San Diego . Two months later , in January 1955 , she entered the Mare Island Naval Shipyard to prepare for inactivation . In April , she joined the Pacific Reserve Fleet . On 5 August , she was decommissioned and berthed with the San Diego Group . She was renamed St . Joseph ' s River on 1 October ( for the St . Josephs River in northeast Indiana ) . " LSM ( R ) - 527 " earned two battle stars during the Korean War . ROKS Si Hung . The USS " St . Joseph ' s River " remained berthed at San Diego until activated in the summer of 1960 , when she was transferred to the Republic of Korea Navy and commissioned as ROKS " Si Hung " ( LFR - 311 ) .