USS Montague ( AKA - 98 ) USS " Montague " ( AKA - 98 ) was an named after a county in Texas . She served as a commissioned ship for 10 years and 7 months . " Montague " ( AKA – 98 ) , was built under Maritime Commission contract by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co . , Kearny , N . J . ; launched on 12 February 1945 ; sponsored by Mrs . Irving S . Olds ; and commissioned on 13 April 1945 , Capt . B . H . Thomas in command . Service history . After shakedown in the Chesapeake Bay , " Montague " proceeded to Hawaii , arriving Pearl Harbor on 10 June 1945 . She departed Pearl Harbor on 2 July , unloading her cargo on 10 July at Eniwetok . Left Eniwetok 13 July . On the way to Ulithi we were attacked by submarines with torpedo spotted aft and just missing her fantail . Arrived Ulithi , Caroline Islands 17 July . Left 29 July and on the way to Okinawa a huge storm almost washed me off the ship . Arrived Okinawa Ryukyu Islands August , 5 . While there we were practicing " hitting " the beach with full crew and equipment on our " higgins " in preparation for the invasion of Japan . Also when we were under attack by Kamikaze Aircraft our smokepots protected us . The wind blew away the protection on some other ships at anchor . 6 Aug it was announced that the first atomic bomb had been dropped . Left Okinawa 12 Aug . . Shortly after that , Aug . 14 , the war was declared over . Thereafter she shuttled cargo , { Okinawa , Jinsen Korea , NagoWan Okinawa , Taku China , Nagushi Okinawa , ( back and forth ) arriving in Guam 17 October and back and forth again ( Taku , and Tsingtao China ) . Left Tsingtau 2 Dec and Arrived Pearl harbor Dec . 15 . Left 17 Dec to arrive Canal Zone ( and liberty ) Dec . 31 . Left Canal Zone 1 Jan 1946 and arrived U . S . via Norfolk 6 Jan 1946 . " Montague " operated off the east coast for the next two years , and participated in training exercises in the Caribbean . Getting underway from Norfolk , Virginia , on 3 January 1948 , she sailed for duty with the 6th Fleet , helping to stabilize the postwar situation in the Mediterranean . She returned to Norfolk on 15 March , and participated in amphibious exercises off the east coast before getting underway on 13 September to join the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean , returning Morehead City , North Carolina , on 24 January 1949 . The following 15 months were spent training off the east coast , and in the Caribbean . She departed Morehead City on 2 May 1950 for her third tour of duty with the 6th Fleet . Receiving orders to support United Nations action in Korea in August , she transited the Suez Canal , arriving Kobe , Japan on 9 September . Anchored off Inchon , she disembarked troops and cargo from 8 to 16 October . After a run to Kobe she embarked troops at Inchon , disembarking them at Wonsan on the east coast . Then she sailed to Chinnampo , the port city of the North Korean capital , to embark refugees . She continued to operate between Hŭngnam and Wonsan , and the port of Pusan until returning to Japan on 29 December . She cruised between Korea and Japan for three months , before sailing home , arriving San Diego , on 28 April 1951 . Between 1951 and 1954 , " Montague " made three more voyages to the Far East , visiting ports in the Philippines , Japan , and Korea . On her last tour of duty , she departed Japan on 2 August 1954 , and proceeded to Indochina to take part in " Operation Passage to Freedom " shuttling refugees from North to South Vietnam following the French defeat in the First Indochina War . She returned to the west coast , and anchored on 9 October at Long Beach . Decommissioning and sale . " Montague " was decommissioned on 22 November 1955 , was berthed at Mare Island , California , as a unit of the Pacific Reserve Fleet , and was transferred to the Maritime Administration on 29 January 1960 . Berthed as a unit of the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Olympia , Washington , the ship was sold for scrapping on 12 March 1971 to West Waterway Lumber Company . Awards . " Montague " received five [ battle stars ] for Korean and Southeast Asia ( Okinawa ) service .