USS ''LST-689'' was an built for the

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during

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. Late in her career she was renamed ''Daggett County'' (LST-689)—after

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, the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name—but never saw active service under that name. ''LST-689'' was laid down on 11 January 1944 at

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by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Company; launched on 9 March 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Edith C. Smith; and commissioned on 2 May 1944.

Service history

During World War II, ''LST-689'' was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the Leyte landings in October in the capture and occupation of the southern

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Islands in September and October, 1944 and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in April 1945. She was decommissioned on 26 November 1945 and struck from the Navy list on 5 December that same year. On 25 June 1946, the ship was sold to Arctic Circle Exploration, Inc., of Seattle, Washington. Bombardment of Anguar

The tank landing ship performed no active post-World War II service. On 1 July 1955 the ship was redesignated USS ''Daggett County'' (LST-689); she was struck from the

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on 1 October 1959. In 1961, she was donated to

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and commissioned as the

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as JDS ''Ōsumi'' (LST-4001). Transferred to the

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in 1975, and named BRP ''Davao Oriental'' (LT-506). She was sold for scrapping by the

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. LST-689 earned two

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for World War II service.

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