| Add a LST-473 Shellback Initiation | Add a LST-473 Deployment - Major Event |
| Month |
Year |
to |
Month |
Year |
Deployment / Event |
| DEC | 1942 | - | JAN | 1943 | 12-09-42 Launched Kaiser Shipyard Vancouver Washinton |
| SEP | 1943 | - | SEP | 1943 | 09-04-43 Lea New Guinea Invasion (Bombed out of Service) |
| SEP | 1943 | - | SEP | 1943 | Action 09-04-43 S1c Frederick L. Ericson Iowa Navy Cross |
| SEP | 1943 | - | SEP | 1943 | Action 09-04-43 S1c Johnnie D. Hutchins Tx. The Medal of Honor |
| SEP | 1943 | - | SEP | 1943 | New Guinea Operation (Lae) |
| JAN | 1945 | - | JAN | 1945 | Lingayen Gulf Operation Luzon Philippine Islands. 01-13-45 |
| JAN | 1945 | - | FEB | 1945 | Southern Zambales Area (La Paz) Operation Luzon P. I. 01-29-45 |
| APR | 1945 | - | MAY | 1945 | Illana Bay Operation(Red Beach) Mindanao Philippine Is. 04-17-45 |
| MAY | 1945 | - | MAY | 1945 | Philippine Liberation Ribbon 05-08-45 |
| JUL | 1945 | - | AUG | 1945 | Brunei Bay Borneo Operation 07-21-45 |
| AUG | 1945 | - | AUG | 1945 | USS LST 473 Earned 6 Battle Stars for World War II Service |
| MAR | 1946 | - | MAR | 1946 | 03-18-1946 USS LST 473 Decommissioned in the United States |
