USS LST-662 was an built for the United States Navy

United States Navy

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 in World War II

World War II

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. Like most ships of her class, she was not named and properly known only by her designation.

During World War II, LST-662 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater

Pacific War

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 and participated in the following operations:

• Battle of Peleliu
  Battle of Peleliu
  The Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, was fought between the United States and the Empire of Japan in the Pacific Theater of World War II, from September–November 1944 on the island of Peleliu, present-day Palau. U.S...
  
  , September and October 1944
• Zambales
  Zambales
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  -Subic Bay
  Subic Bay
  Subic Bay is a bay forming part of Luzon Sea on the west coast of the island of Luzon in Zambales, Philippines, about 100 kilometers northwest of Manila Bay. Its shores were formerly the site of a major United States Navy facility named U.S...
  
  , January 1945
• Battle of Okinawa
  Battle of Okinawa
  The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II. The 82-day-long battle lasted from early April until mid-June 1945...
  
  , April 1945

Following the war, LST-662 was decommissioned on 19 December 1945 and struck from the Navy List

Naval Vessel Register

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 on 8 January 1946. On 25 June 1946, the ship was sold to Arctic Circle Exploration, Inc., of Seattle, Washington

Seattle, Washington

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LST-662 earned three battle stars for World War II service.

External links

• LST 662 Memorial Website