Category:LST-975 Marion County (ship, 1945)

**USS Marion County**
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Instance of	tank landing ship;
Operator	United States Navy;
Manufacturer	Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard;
Yard number	3445;
Country of registry	United States of America;
Vessel class	LST-542-class tank landing ship;
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Built by: Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, MA.
Laid down: 1 December 1944
Launched: 6 January 1945
Commissioned: 3 February 1945
Decommissioned: 16 April 1946, at Subic Bay, P.I.
Turned over to the US Army for Far East operations
Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
Returned to US Navy custody and reinstated in the Naval Register
Placed in service with the Military Sea Transportation System (MSTS), 1 July 1950 as USNS T-LST-975
Recommissioned: 28 August 1950
Named USS Marion County (LST-975), 1 July 1955
Decommissioned: 10 May 1956
Placed in service as USNS Marion County (T-LST-975) by MSTS
Placed out of service 26 September 1957, and laid up in the MSTS ready reserve fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
Transferred under the Military Assistance Program to the Republic of Vietnam, 12 April 1962, renamed RVNS Cam Banh (HQ-500)
Struck from the Naval Register: 1 June 1963
Following the fall of Saigon on 29 April 1975, RVNS Cam Banh (HQ-500) escaped to the Philippines
Transferred to the Philippine Navy, 17 November 1975, renamed BPR Zamboanga Del Sur (LT-86)
Current Disposition, believed to be active as part of the Philippines Navy as of 2004

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