USS ''Catahoula Parish'' (LST-528) was an built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name. LST-528 was laid down on 13 November 1943 at

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by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Company; launched on 11 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Madge Medlock Watt; and commissioned on 29 February 1944.

Service history

During World War II, LST-528 was assigned to the European Theater and participated in the

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in June 1944. She returned to the United States and was placed in reserve in Florida until the outbreak of the Korean War. During the war, she was part of a six-ship flotilla which took supplies to Thule, Greenland, where the US Air Force was building a base. LST 4

LST-528 was decommissioned in March, 1954. The ship was named USS ''Catahoula Parish'' (LST-528) on 1 July 1955. She was struck from the Navy list on 21 November 1960, and sold to the

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for conversion to a bulk cement carrier. LST-528 earned one battle star for World War II service.

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