USS Cayuga County (LST-529) was an built for the United States Navy

United States Navy

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 during World War II. Named for Cayuga County, New York

Cayuga County, New York

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, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.

LST-529 was laid down on 8 November 1943 at Jeffersonville, Indiana

Jeffersonville, Indiana

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 by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Company; launched on 17 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Margaret S. Carey; and commissioned on 29 February 1944 with Lieutenant G. L. Moore, USNR, in command.

Service history

During World War II, LST-529 was assigned to the European Theater and participated in the Invasion of Normandy in June, 1944. On 7 June 1946 she was decommissioned and, as a result of hostilities in Korea, recommissioned on 22 September 1950. She served in the Korean War

Korean War

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 and took part in the following campaigns: U.N. Summer-Fall offensive (July and August, 1951); the Second Korean Winter (December, 1951 through March, 1952); and the Korea, Summer 1953 (June and July, 1953). Immediately following the Korean War, she continued to serve in the Korean area until July, 1954. Following her Korean service, she returned to the United States.

She was named USS Cayuga County (LST-529) on 1 July 1955 and was assigned as a logistic support ship for the Mariana

Mariana Islands

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 and Bonin Islands in the late 1950s, remaining there until decommissioned and transferred to the Republic of Vietnam on 17 December 1963, when she was renamed Thi Nai (HQ-502). Following the fall of Saigon

Fall of Saigon

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 on 29 April 1975 Thi Nai escaped to the Philippines. Transferred to the Philippine Navy

Philippine Navy

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 17 November 1975 she was renamed BPR Cotabato Del Sur (LT-87). The ship was scrapped in 2003.

LST-529 earned one battle star for World War II service and three battle stars for Korean War service.

See also

• List of United States Navy LSTs