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U.S.S. CADDO PARISH
(LST-515)NO BEACH TO HARD TO REACH
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USS CADDO PARISH (LST-515 ) - a LST-491-class tank landing ship
In Commission 1944 to 1956LST-515 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JAN | 1943 | - | APR | 1944 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
SEP | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 3 SEP 1943 at Chicago Bridge & Iron Company | ||
NOV | 1943 | - | APR | 1944 | Exercise Tiger- Slampton Sands England (Pre-Normandy Invasion |
DEC | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 31 DEC 1943 | ||
JAN | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 28 JAN 1944 | ||
JUN | 1950 | - | JUN | 1953 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
JUN | 1950 | - | JUN | 1953 | Mediterranean- SIGINT |
JAN | 1965 | - | NOV | 1965 | Dominican Republic Conflict |
JAN | 1966 | - | JAN | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
FEB | 1966 | - | MAY | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1967 | - | JUN | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
OCT | 1967 | - | OCT | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
APR | 1968 | - | APR | 1968 | On 23 Apr 1968, rocket attack at LST ramp, Vung Tau |
NOV | 1969 | - | Decommissioned: 26 NOV 1969 |
LST-515 General Specifications
Class: LST-491-class tank landing ship
Complement: 9 Officers and 89-100 Enlisted
Displacement: 1625 tons
Length: 328 feet
Beam: 50 feet
Draft: Loaded - 8' FWD - 14' AFT
Final Disposition: Transferred to the Philippines 26 November 1969
USS CADDO PARISH (LST-515)
LST-515 was laid down on 3 September 1943 at Seneca, III., by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 31 December 1943; sponsored by Miss Rebekah Brown; and commissioned on 28 January 1944.
During World War II, LST-515 was assigned to the European theater and participated in the invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Following the war, LST-515 performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-November 1952. She also saw postwar service with the Service Force, U.S. Atlantc Fleet.
Upon her return to the United States, she was re-designated Caddo Parish (LST-515) on 1 July 1955 after a parish (county) in Louisiana. The ship was decommissioned on 20 October 1955 and recommissioned on 2 August 1963. The tank landing ship performed service in Vietnam until transferred to the Republic of the Philippines as grant aid on 26 November 1969. She served the Philippine Navy as Bataan (LT-85).
LST-515 received one battle star for World War II service; and nine battle stars, one Navy Unit Commendation and one Meritorious
Unit Commendation for Vietnam service.
[Note: The above USS CADDO PARISH (LST-515) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS CADDO PARISH (LST-515), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]