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USS LSM 220


Built at Dravo Shipyards, Wilmington, Delaware

Commissioned  August 13, 1944, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Served in the Pacific Theater of Operations, World War II

Battle stars include the Invasion of Okinawa and Ie Shima

Two enemy aircraft downed

Other duties include pressure sensitive mine sweeping off Kokkaishi, Japan

Decommissioned on July 23, 1946 at San Pedro, California

Invasion at Ie Shima

At work