LST-839 Iredell County

USS LST-839 was a tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. Commissioned in December 1944, she participated in the Okinawa campaign, delivering troops and equipment to the embattled island in the spring of 1945. After the war, LST-839 performed occupation duties in the Far East before returning to the United States. In July 1955, she was renamed USS Iredell County (LST-839), later serving in the Vietnam War before being decommissioned and transferred to the Republic of Vietnam in 1967.