LST-68 was laid down on 7 September 1942 at Jeffersonville, Ind., by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.; launched on 8 March 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Edna C. Crenshaw; and commissioned on 4 June 1943.
During World War II, LST-68 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the following operations:
Bismarck Archipelago operation:
(a) Cape Gloucester, New Britain-December 1943; January and February 1944
(b) Admiralty Islands landings-March 1944
Eastern New Guinea operation:
(a) Saidor occupation-January and February 1944
Hollandia operation-April 1944
Western New Guinea operations:
(a) Biak Island operation-June 1944
(b) Noemfoor Island operation-July 1944
(c) Cape Sansapor operation-August 1944
(d) Morotai landings-September 1944
Leyte landings-October and November 1944
Lingayen landings on Luzon-January 1945
Consolidation of the southern Philippines:
(a) Visayan Islands landings-March 1945
LST-68 was decommissioned on 7 March 1946 and was struck from the Navy list on 5 June 1946. On 18 September 1947, she was sold to the Southern Shipwrecking Co., of New Orleans, La., for scrapping.
LST-68 earned seven battle stars for World War II service.
