LST-118

USS LST-118 was redesignated Landing Ship Tank (Hospital) LST(H)-118, 15 September 1945

Following World War II USS LST(H)-118 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

**Navy Occupation Service Medal **23 to 29 September 1945 and 28 October 1945 to 8 February 1946

Occupation service in the Far East for USS LST(H)-118 included occupation service landings in the Wakayama area, Japan, (K plus 2), 27 September 1945 and at Sasebo, Kyushu, Japan, (A plus 40), 2 November 1945

Decommissioned, 8 February 1946 and transferred to Commander Naval Forces Far East (COMNAVFE) Shipping Control Authority for Japan (SCAJAP), redesignated Q048
Struck from the Naval Register, 29 September 1947
USS LST-118 earned three battle stars for World War II service
Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 28 April 1948, to Dulien Steel Products, Inc., Seattle, WA.

Kermit Bonner