Inter-war
On 19 June 1953, LST-975 sailed via Seattle and Point Barrow to resupply Distant Early Warning Line (DEWS) radar stations along the Arctic Circle. On 25 August she departed Seward, Alaska, to resume operations out of San Diego until 19 October when she got underway for another cruise to the Far East. Following arrival at Yokosuka on 13 November, the tank landing ship spent nearly five months in amphibious warfare training. From 23 to 26 March 1954, she participated in a simulated assault landing on Iwo Jima - nearly a decade after the World War II operation on 19 February 1945. Returning to the west coast, the LST arrived San Diego on 20 May for two years of coastal duty. Renamed USS Marion County (LST-975) on 1 July 1955, she departed San Diego on 9 January 1956 for training exercises off Hawaii and the Philippines.
After a stay in the Long Beach, California area from 14 April to 5 May, Marion County sailed for Portland, Oregon, arriving on 9 May. The next day she decommissioned and was turned over to MSTS. The ship operated in the Pacific until 26 September 1957 when she entered the MSTS "ready reserve" fleet at Suisun Bay, California. Marion County remained there until 21 October 1960 when she was returned to the Navy account to be placed in temporary custody of the Maritime Commission.
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