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USS LST-554
USS ''LST-554'' was a United States Navy in commission from 1944 to 1946. Construction and commissioning ''LST-554'' was laid down on 30 January 1944 at Evansville, Indiana, Evansville, Indiana, by the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company. She was Ship naming and launching, launched on 18 March 1944, sponsored by Mrs. T. R. Davis, and Ship commissioning, commissioned on 27 April 1944. Service history During World War II, ''LST-554'' was assigned to the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II, Pacific Theater of Operations. She participated in the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, capture and occupation of the southern Palau Islands in September and October 1944. She then took part in the Philippines Campaign (1944–45), Philippines campaign, participating in the Battle of Leyte, Leyte landings in October and November 1944 and the Invasion of Lingayen Gulf, Lingayen Gulf landings in January 1945. She then participated in the Battle of Okinawa, assault on and occupation of Oki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri Valley Bridge And Iron Company
The Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., also known as Missouri Valley Bridge Company, was a engineering, construction, and steel fabrication firm that operated through the late nineteenth and most of the twentieth centuries. It was based in Leavenworth, Kansas, with a WWII facility in Evansville, Indiana. History The company was formed in 1874 by Edwin Farnsworth and D. W. Eaves in Leavenworth, Kansas. In 1888, it was acquired by Alonzo. J. Tullock, who had previously served as the engineer and manager of the firm. Katherine S. Tullock, Alonzo's widow, served as the president from 1907 to 1921, an unusual development for the time in a male-dominated field. Her son, Hubert S. Tullock became president of the firm in 1921. Throughout the early twentieth century, the firm supplied and built bridges across the country. These projects included the MacArthur Bridge (St. Louis), Free Bridge and the McKinley Bridge, both across the Mississippi River. National Register of Historic Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
