USS LST-483

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|Ship image=File:USS LST-483 September 1943.jpg

|Ship caption=LST-483 and {{USS|President Monroe|AP-104|2}} docked at Adak, Alaska, 20 September 1943. As SeaBees load a barge with material for the airfield they are building at Tanaga Island.

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|Ship country=United States

|Ship flag= {{USN flag|1946}}

|Ship name= LST-483

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|Ship ordered= as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 1003{{sfn|Kaiser No. 4|2014}}

|Ship builder= Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California

|Ship yard number=38{{sfn|Kaiser No. 4|2014}}

|Ship laid down= 21 September 1942

|Ship launched= 30 December 1942

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|Ship commissioned= 3 May 1943

|Ship decommissioned=10 February 1946

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|Ship identification=*Hull symbol: LST-483

Code letters: NGUQ
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|Ship honors=18px 4 × battle stars

|Ship fate= assigned to Commander Naval Forces Far East

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|Ship country=Japan

|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Japan|naval}}

|Ship operator=Shipping Control Authority for Japan

|Ship in service= 10 February 1946

|Ship out of service= unknown

|Ship renamed= Q050

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|Ship fate=returned to USN

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|Ship country=United States

|Ship flag={{USN flag|1946}}

|Ship name=Q050

|Ship renamed=Brewster County, 1 July 1955

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|Ship namesake= Brewster County, Texas

|Ship struck= 11 August 1955

|Ship fate= Sunk as target

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|Ship class={{sclass|LST-1|tank landing ship}}

|Ship displacement={{LST-1 class tank landing ship displacement}}

|Ship length={{LST-1 class tank landing ship length}}

|Ship beam={{LST-1 class tank landing ship beam}}

|Ship draft={{LST-1 class tank landing ship draft}}

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|Ship power={{LST-1 class tank landing ship power}}

|Ship propulsion={{LST-1 class tank landing ship propulsion}}

|Ship speed= {{LST-1 class tank landing ship speed}}

|Ship range={{LST-1 class tank landing ship range}}

|Ship boats= {{LST-1 class tank landing ship boats}}

|Ship capacity={{LST-1 class tank landing ship capacity}}

|Ship troops=16 officers, 147 enlisted men

|Ship complement=13 officers, 104 enlisted men

|Ship armament={{LST-1 class tank landing ship armament}}

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| partof = LST Flotilla 3

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Capture and occupation of Saipan (15 June–30 July 1944)
Tinian Capture and occupation (24–30 July 1944)
Leyte landings (20 October 1944)
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (1–9 April 1945)

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USS LST-483/Brewster County (LST-483) was an {{sclass|LST-1|tank landing ship}} built for the United States Navy during World War II. Later renamed for Brewster County, Texas, she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name.

Construction

LST-483 was laid down on 21 September 1942, under Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1002, by Kaiser Shipyards, Yard No. 4, Richmond, California; launched on 30 December 1942; and commissioned on 3 May 1943.{{sfn|Kaiser No. 4|2014}}{{sfn|Navsource|2015}}

Service history

During World War II, LST-483 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following operations: the Capture and Occupation of Saipan June and July 1944; the Tinian Capture and Occupation July 1944; the Leyte landings October 1944; and the Assault and Occupation of Okinawa Gunto April 1945.{{sfn|DANFS}}

Post-war service

Following the war, LST-483 performed occupation duty in the Far East until early February, 1946. Upon her return to the United States, she was decommissioned on 10 February 1946. The tank landing ship was renamed USS Brewster County (LST-483) on 1 July 1955, after a county in Texas. Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 11 August 1955, and she was later sunk as a target.{{sfn|DANFS}}