LST-732 was
laid down on 5 January 1944 at
Dravo Corporation,
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.
Launched on 19 February 1944 and
commissioned on 2 February 1944.
Service in United States Navy During World War II,
LST-537 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She was assigned to occupation and China from 28 September to 1 November 1945 and 20 November 1945 to 7 June 1946. On 14 August 1954, the Navy's then-training ship (the first-generation
ROCS Chun Shun) ran aground in the waters of the
Nanji Islands in
Zhejiang Province and her hull was seriously damaged. It was finally decided to abandon the ship and was scrapped on 31 December of the same year. In 1955, the navy took over the
Wan Guo from merchant service, using the previously scrapped
Chung Shun's name and ship number LST-208. Thus, she is the second ship to be named ROCS
Chung Shun that has been in service so far.
Chung Shun was decommissioned on 1 April 2021. == Awards ==