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U.S.S. WHITE MARSH
(LSD-8)EIGHT BALL
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LSD-8 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a LSD-8 Shellback Initiation | Add a LSD-8 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APR | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 7 APR 1943 | ||
| JUL | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 19 JUL 1943 | ||
| JAN | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 29 JAN 1944 | ||
| JUN | 1944 | - | JUN | 1944 | Assault Landing at SAIPAN (15 - 22 June 1944) |
| JUN | 1944 | - | Shellback Initiation - 3 JUN 1944 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| AUG | 1944 | - | Shellback Initiation - 22 AUG 1944 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| SEP | 1944 | - | SEP | 1944 | Assault Landings ANGAUR Island PALAU Group |
| OCT | 1944 | - | OCT | 1944 | Assault Landings at LEYTE PHILIPPINE Islands |
| OCT | 1944 | - | MAR | 1946 | Antarctic Circle |
| JAN | 1945 | - | JAN | 1945 | Assault Landings LINGAYEN GULF LUZON PHILIPPINE Islands |
| APR | 1945 | - | JUN | 1945 | Assault Landings Capture and occupation of OKINAWA |
| JAN | 1950 | - | JAN | 1955 | North Atlantic |
| JAN | 1954 | - | MAY | 1954 | Mediterranean |
| OCT | 1955 | - | Shellback Initiation - 16 OCT 1955 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| OCT | 1955 | - | Shellback Initiation - 16 OCT 1955 - Pacific Ocean | ||
LSD-8 General Specifications
Class: Ashland-class dock landing ship
Complement: 17 Officers and 237 Enlisted
Displacement: 7930 tons
Length: 457 feet 9 inches
Beam: 72 feet 2 inches
Draft: 8 feet 2 in
Range: 8 000 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition: Transferred to Republic of China November 1960