LST-70 was laid down on 13 November 1942 at Jeffersonville, Ind., by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co.; launched on 8 February 1943; sponsored by Mrs. George R. Bickel; and commissioned on 28 May 1943.
During World War II, LST-70 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the following operation:
Treasury-Bougainville operation:
(a) Occupation and defense of Cape Torokina-November 1943
Bismarck Archipelago operation:
(a) Green Islands landing-February 1944
Marianas operation:
(a) Capture and occupation of Guam-July 1944
Iwo Jima operation:
(a) Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima-February 1945
Okinawa Gunto operation:
(a) Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto-April and May 1945
Following the war, LST-70 performed occupation duty in the Far East in October and November 1945. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 1 April 1946. She was struck from the Navy list on 1 May 1946 and was sold to the Arctic Circle Exploration, Inc., of Seattle, Wash., on 1 July 1946, for scrapping.
LST-70 earned five battle stars for World War II service.
