USS Iredell County ( LST - 839 ) USS " Iredell County " ( LST - 839 ) was an built for the United States Navy during World War II . Named after Iredell County , North Carolina , she was the only U . S . Naval vessel to bear the name . Originally laid down as USS " LST - 839 " by the American Bridge Company of Ambridge , Pennsylvania on 25 September 1944 ; the ship was launched on 12 November 1944 , sponsored by Mrs . Arthur Lehner ; and commissioned at New Orleans , Louisiana on 6 December 1944 with Lieutenant Waldo F . McNeir in command . Service history . World War II , 1945 – 1946 . After shakedown off the coast of Florida , " LST - 839 " loaded Army troops and cargo and departed New Orleans for the Pacific on 9 January 1945 . Steaming via the Panama Canal , Pearl Harbor , and Eniwetok , she reached Saipan on 10 March . There she prepared to support the invasion of Okinawa ; and , after embarking Seabees and loading construction equipment , she sailed on 12 April for that strategic island , which lay at the gateway to the heart of the Japan ese Empire . The campaign was well underway when " L8T - 839 " reached Kinmu Wan , Okinawa on 17 April . Despite heavy enemy air raids , she debarked troops and discharged cargo , then returned to Saipan on 21 April to transport additional troops . During the four remaining months of the war , she shuttled troops and equipment among the Marianas , Philippine , and Okinawa staging areas for the possible invasion of Japan . The enemy ' s acceptance of Allied peace terms precluded an invasion , and the landing ship then operated between the Philippines and Japan , transporting occupation forces until mid - November . Arriving at Guam on 12 November , " LST - 839 " embarked 500 veterans of the Pacific fighting and sailed on 17 November for the United States . Steaming via Pearl Harbor , she reached San Francisco on 28 December . She sailed for Astoria , Oregon on 25 January 1946 ; decommissioned at Vancouver , Washington on 24 July ; and entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet . While berthed in the Columbia River , she was named USS " Iredell County " ( LST - 892 ) on 1 July 1955 . Vietnam War , 1966 – 1970 . " Iredell County " recommissioned at San Diego , California on 18 June 1966 . Completing training , " Iredell " County sailed to join the 7th Fleet on 3 September 1966 . En route to Japan with her first cargo since 1945 , she called at Pearl Harbor and her new homeport of Guam . Exchanging cargo at Iwakuni , Japan on 12 October , " Iredell County " departed for Da Nang , Vietnam , arriving on 21 October . She shuttled petroleum , building materials , rations , troops , and equipment between Da Nang and Chu Lai 65 miles to the south . She also shuttled cargo from Danang to Cua Viet for most of 1967 and until November 1968 , " Iredell County " transported more than 7 , 360 tons of cargo and made 12 landings . She sailed to Guam on 15 December 1966 . Transfer to Indonesia . She continued to serve the Pacific Fleet and participate operations underway in Southeast Asia until July 1970 when she was decommissioned and transferred ( loaned ) under terms of the Security Assistance Program to Indonesia . Renamed " Teluk Bone " , the ship was struck from the Naval Vessel Register and sold outright to Indonesia in February 1979 and still active in service with Indonesian Navy as May 2011 . On Saturday 15 September 2012 " KRI Teluk Bone " and another world war II era LST the " KRI Teluk Bone " ( exs USS Presque Isle APB - 44 ) participated in the commemorative sail Morotai in order to remember the Allied world war II operation landing in Morotai , 15 September 1944 . Interestingly , both ship was participated in the original on 15 September 1944 as a part of Allied expeditionary force . Awards . " LST - 839 " received one battle star for World War II service , and as " Iredell County " the Presidential Unit Citation , Navy Unit Commendation , Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation , and 9 campaign star s for the Vietnam War .