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USS Floyd County (LST-762)
USS ''Floyd County'' (LST-762) was an built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named after counties in Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Texas, and Virginia, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.
''LST-762'' was laid down on 24 June 1944 at Ambridge, Pennsylvania by the American Bridge Company; launched on 11 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Margaret M. Ewing; and commissioned on 5 September 1944 with Lieutenant Franklin J. Ewers, USCGR, in command.
==Service history==
During World War II, ''LST-762'' was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in April 1945. Following the war, she performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-November 1945. The ship was decommissioned in March 1946, and reactivated on 3 November 1950 for service in the Korean War. On 1 July 1955 she was redesignated USS ''Floyd County'' (LST-762). Following the Korean War, she operated with the Pacific Fleet Amphibious Force, including extensive service off Vietnam from 1965 through 1968. During July 1965 she escorted the nine cutters of Coast Guard Squadron One, Division 11, from U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay to Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam and served for a short period as their support ship after reaching the island.〔Larzelere, p 22〕 "Floyd County" completed two further deployments to Vietnam 1966-1968 including supplying Riverine Warfare bases on the Mekong River, serving as mother ship for the pioneer group of 12 PBR combat gunboats with crews near Vung Tau, and later providing material support from Danang, Vietnam to the U.S. Marine Corps outpost at Cua Viet, immediately south of the Demilitarized Zone. Floyd County returned from her final Vietnam deployment November 1968. ''Floyd County'' was again decommissioned on 3 September 1969. Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, the ship was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 April 1975.
''LST-762'' earned one battle star for World War II service, one for the Korean War, and three battle stars and an award of the Meritorious Unit Commendation for service in the Vietnam War.
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