USS LST-566
USS "LST-566" was a United States Navy "LST-542"-class tank landing ship in commission from 1944 to 1946. From 1952 to 1973, she served in a non-commissioned status in the Military Sea Transportation Service and the Military Sealift Command as USNS "LST-566" (T-LST-566). Construction and commissioning. "LST-566" was laid down on 17 March 1944 at Evansville, Indiana, by the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company. launched on 11 May 1944; sponsored by Mrs. George C. Martin; and commissioned on 29 May 1944. Service history. "LST-566" saw no combat action in World War II. Following World War II , "LST-566" performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until early March 1946. She was decommissioned on 11 March 1946. On 31 March 1952, "LST-566" was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service—from 1970 the Military Sealift Command—which placed her in non-commissioned service as USNS "LST-566" (T-LST-566) until she was stricken from the Navy List on 1 November 1973. Transfer to the Philippines. USNS "LST-566" was transferred to the Philippine Navy on 13 September 1976 and renamed BPR "Lanao Del Norte" (LT-504). During December 2004, LT-504 ran aground on the coral reef  very near Pag-Asa Island which is part of the Kalayaan Islands chain, during a personnel and resupply mission. Her hulk has been abandoned and aground in 2007. Later in 2017, she was dismantled at her current location for salvaging, only the submerged lower half on the hull remains. On 9 June 2020, a new beaching ramp for Pag-Asa Island was completed right beside where her remaining hull rests.