LST-454 was laid down on 10 July 1942 at Vancouver, Wash., by Kaiser, Inc.; launched on 14 October 1942; and commissioned on 26 January 1943, Lt. E. R. Swantpn, USNR, in command.
During World War II, LST-454 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the following operations:
Eastern New Guinea operation:
(a) Lae occupation-September 1943
(b) Finschhafen occupation-September 1943
(c) Saidor occupation-January 1944
Admiralty- Islands- landings-February- through March 1944
Hollandia operation-April 1944
Western New Guinea operations:
(a) Biak Island operation-May and June 1944
(b) Morotai landing-September 1944
Leyte landings-October and November 1944
Lingayen Gulf landings-January 1945
Visayan Island landings-March and April 1945
Balikpapan operation-June and July 1945
Following the war, LST-454 returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 25 March 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 1 May that same year. On 3 October 1947, the ship was sold to the Patapsco Scrap Corp., of Baltimore, Md., and subsequently scrapped.
LST-454 earned eight battle stars for World War II service.
