USS La Moure County ( LST - 883 ) USS " La Moure County " ( LST - 883 ) was an built for the United States Navy during World War II . Named after La Moure County , North Dakota , she was the first of two U . S . Naval vessels to bear the name . Originally laid down as " LST - 883 " by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Company of Evansville , Indiana on 16 November 1944 ; launched on 30 December 1944 , sponsored by Mrs . L . D . McBride ; and commissioned at New Orleans , Louisiana on 23 January 1945 with Lieutenant Winfield H . Cook in command . Service history . World War II , 1945 . After shakedown off the Florida coast , " LST - 883 " departed New Orleans for the west coast on 28 February and arrived San Pedro , California on 26 March . Steaming via Seattle , Washington the landing ship reached the Hawaiian Islands on 1 May and trained there until sailing for the western Pacific on the 24th . She carried Seabees via the Marshalls and the Marianas to battle - torn Okinawa where she arrived on 26 June . After discharging men and equipment , she embarked veterans of the 6th Marine Division and sailed on 10 July . Steaming via Guam , she reached Pearl Harbor on 5 August . During the rest of August she joined in amphibious training operations in the Hawaiian Islands . Post - war activities , 1945 – 1946 . Following the surrender of Japan , she departed Pearl Harbor on 3 September with occupation forces for Japan . She debarked troops at Sasebo , Kyūshū on 25 September before sailing for the Philippines the 28th . She arrived Lingayen Gulf on 5 October , and between 26 October and 4 November transported Army engineers to Nagoya , Honshū . From Japan she arrived Saipan on 14 November and operated in the Marianas during the remainder of the year . " LST - 883 " steamed to San Pedro Bay , Leyte between 15 and 20 January 1946 . During the next three months she made cargo and passenger runs to Mindoro , Mindanao , Luzon , and Samar . She was decommissioned at Samar on 20 April 1946 , was placed in custody status , and was transferred to the United States Army on 26 August for use in Japan . Korean War , 1950 – 1953 . Reacquired by the Navy on 1 July 1950 , " LST - 883 " recommissioned at Yokosuka , Japan on 26 August with Lieutenant Charles M . Miller in command . In response to President Truman ' s order to repel North Korean forces , she embarked Marines and Army troops , loaded combat stores , and departed Kobe , Japan on 10 September . She sailed for Inchon , South Korea as part of an amphibious attack force . Assigned to TG 90 . 3 LST - 883 arrived off the Inchon seawalls on 15 September , at the start of the Battle of Inchon . Later that afternoon , she closed the beaches and , despite heavy mortar and machine gun fire , debarked troops on " Red Beach . " As American naval and ground forces carried out the vital Inchon invasion , which spearheaded an Allied offensive northward , " LST - 883 " discharged emergency supplies and dueled with enemy guns . She remained off Inchon until sailing for the eastern coast of Korea on 15 October . For daring bravery and heroic performance of duty off Red Beach , the aggressive and intrepid LSTs of TE 90 . 32 , including " LST - 883 " , received the Navy Unit Commendation . Arriving Wonsan on 25 October , " LST - 883 " made coastal troop and cargo runs from Wonsan to Hŭngnam until returning to Yokosuka on 22 November . After Chinese Communist armies moved southward into North Korea later that month , she departed Japan on 9 December for the massive amphibious evacuation of Hŭngnam . Between 15 and 27 December she completed two runs out of Hŭngnam to carry men and equipment to Pusan ; thence , she returned to Japan on New Year ' s Eve . She continued operations between Yokosuka and Pusan until 31 March 1951 when she sailed for the United States . After arriving San Diego on 29 April , " LST - 883 " underwent overhaul at Bremerton , Washington from 16 May to 22 July . During August and September she operated along the west coast , and on 2 October she departed San Francisco for the Far East , arriving Yokosuka on 5 November . After operating along the Japanese coast , she arrived Inchon on 28 December with a cargo of military vehicles . Between 28 December and 18 July 1952 she made numerous troop and cargo runs along the western coast of Korea , and between Korea and Japan . In addition , she joined in amphibious training exercises off Japan and Okinawa . Departing Yokosuka on 25 July , she arrived San Diego on 22 August , and during the next ten months operated off the California coast . Carrying men of the 3rd Marine Division , " LST - 883 " again deployed to Korean waters on 15 June 1953 . Steaming via Pearl Harbor and Yokosuka , she reached Pusan on 27 July as the uncertain armistice which halted hostilities in this stalemated conflict was signed at Panmunjom . During the War , " LST - 883 " was also " tasked with ferrying Chinese prisoners of war from South Korea back to North Korean ports . " Far East deployments , 1953 – 1959 . During August and September she carried troops and supplies from Korea to Japan and transported enemy prisoners from United Nations POW camps to Inchon . After returning to Yokosuka on 24 September , she made coastal runs to Kobe and Kure and supported amphibious operations off Okinawa during the next five months . Between 26 February and 27 March 1954 , she sailed from Japan to California via Pearl Harbor . She operated along the California coast out of San Diego during the remainder of 1954 . Departing San Diego on 17 February 1955 , " LST - 883 " arrived Japan on 17 March to begin a six - month deployment in the Far East . Renamed USS " La Moure County " ( LST - 883 ) on 1 July , she operated with peacekeeping forces between Japan and Korea until sailing for the west coast on 20 September . Following her return to San Diego on 19 October , she resumed coastal operations and amphibious training duty off southern California . She served out of San Diego during the next two years and in 1956 completed two amphibious training cruises to Hawaii . " La Moure County " departed San Diego on 9 January 1958 on her third deployment to the Far East since the Korean War . She arrived Okinawa on 12 February for duty with the 7th Fleet . Over the next four months she steamed to the Philippines , Korea , and Japan . Departing the western Pacific on 25 June , she operated along the west coast until deploying to the Far East on 29 January 1959 . Based at Yokosuka , she cruised the Japanese coast and participated in amphibious exercises off Okinawa and South Korea . She then sailed from Yokosuka for the United States on 19 May and arrived at Long Beach on 14 June . Decommissioning and sale . " La Moure County " decommissioned there on 7 December 1959 ; her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 January 1960 ; and she was sold for scrapping to Zidell Explorations , Inc . of Portland , Oregon , on 30 November 1960 . Awards . " La Moure County " received one battle star for World War II service and seven battle stars for Korean War service . External links .