World War II, 1945–1946 After shakedown off Florida,
LST-1088 departed the
Gulf Coast on 6 May for the
Pacific. She put into
Pearl Harbor,
Eniwetok,
Guam,
Saipan, Manila, and
Lingayen Gulf before landing occupation troops at
Wakayama,
Honshu, Japan on 28 October. She subsequently carried troops and cargo to
Okinawa,
Sasebo, Saipan, Pearl Harbor, and San Francisco, arriving there on 19 January 1946. In March she sailed for
Portland, Oregon where she underwent pre-inactivation overhaul, was decommissioned on 29 August 1946, and berthed with the Columbia River Group,
Pacific Reserve Fleet. On 1 July 1955,
LST-1088 was named '
USS Pulaski County
(LST-1088)'. In 1961
Pulaski County was moved to the Reserve Group at
Bremerton, Washington.
1963–1967 On 21 May 1963, she recommissioned and was assigned to Reserve LST Squadron 2 homeported in
Little Creek,
Virginia. The ship underwent refresher training at San Diego from 17 June to 2 July, then sailed on 20 July via the
Panama Canal for Little Creek, arriving on 22 August. In January and February 1964,
Pulaski County transported obsolete ammunition from the
Naval Ammunition Depot Earle,
Monmouth County, New Jersey, for disposal at sea. She then operated along the
east coast from Florida to New York, and provided training services for the
Army at Little Creek. In late February 1965
Pulaski County supported a
Project Gemini space flight. From 22 May through 25 August she supported Army troops during the
Dominican Republic operations. In early 1966
Pulaski County deployed from Little Creek to the Pacific via the Panama Canal. She spent most of the year in the western Pacific, particularly in
South Vietnam, but also making port calls at Okinawa, The Philippines, Hong Kong and Sasebo, Japan. Her main duty was transporting cargo to Vietnam. She continued to operate in Vietnam and the Far East in early 1967. LST 1088 served in the
Mekong Delta giving supplies to various stops including posts at
Cần Thơ,
Mỹ Tho, Nha Trang, Vung Tau, and Da Nang as well as support for
PBRs on the river. In July 1967 she was transferred to
Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), and was redesignated '
USNS Pulaski County
(T-LST-1088)'. She served with MSTS into 1970. ==Disposal==