USS LST-560
USS LST-560 was a United States Navy in commission from 1944 to 1946.
Construction and commissioning
LST-560 was laid down on 22 February 1944 at Evansville, Indiana, by the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company. She was launched on 21 April 1944, sponsored by Mrs. L. C. Holm, and commissioned on 2 May 1944.Service history
During World War II, LST-560 was assigned to the Pacific Theater of Operations, where was a unit of LST Division 43 under LST Group 22, which was a component of LST Flotilla Eight. She took part in the Philippines campaign, participating in the landings on Palawan Island in March 1945 and the landings in the Visayan Islands in March and April 1945. She then took part in the Brunei Bay operation on Borneo in June 1945.Following the war, LST-560 performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-October 1945, when she departed for the United States.