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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign |
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Campaign and Dates | Campaign and Dates |
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Western Caroline Islands operation
Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, Peleliu, 6 September to 14 October 1944 | Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 30 June 1945 |
Leyte operation
Leyte landings, 18 October to 6 November and 19 to 29 November 1944 | Manila Bay-Bicol operations
Zambales-Subic Bay, 29 to 30 January 1945 |
Luzon operation
Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 18 January 1945 | Minesweeping Operation Pacific
Fukuoka (Kyushu-Korea Area), 28 November to 9 December 1945 Kure-Hiroshima (Honsu Area), 12 to 27 January 1946 Kobe (Honsu Area), 30 January to 2 March 1946 |
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There are no images of USS LST-553 available at NavSource |
Commanding Officers | ||
01 | LT. Algeo, John Kennedy, USN | 22 April 1944 - 30 July 1945 |
02 | LT. Lee, James Crawford, USNR | 30 July 1945 - 12 December 1945 |
03 | LTjg. Hoerst, James Paul, USNR (temporary) | 12 December 1945 - 28 January 1946 |
04 | LTjg. Keat, William George, USNR | 28 January 1946 - March 1946 |
05 | LTjg. Foss Jr., Arthur W., USNR | march 1946 - June 1946 |
06 | LTjg. Chesley, Robert Leroy, USN | June 1946 - 25 July 1946 |
07 | LTjg. Shipley, Clarence Henry, USN | 25 July 1946 - 13 February 1947 |
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