From:
http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160692.htmLST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:
Laid down, 7 February 1944, at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.
Launched, 31 March 1944
Commissioned USS LST-692, 10 May 1944, LT. Robert B. Carothers, USNR, in command
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Invasion of southern France 15 August to 10 September 1944
Decommissioned, 1 July 1946
Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs, FL.
Recommissioned in 1951
During the Korean War USS LST-692 participated in the following campaigns:
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Named USS Daviess County (LST 692), 1 July 1955
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Placed in service by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS Daviess County (T-LST-692), 1 June 1964
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Struck from the Naval Register, 30 June 1975
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Transferred , sold to the Philippine Navy, 1 July 1976, commissioned BRP Benguet (LT-507)
Current Disposition, active in Philippines Navy
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