High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS LST-568 was a United States Navy LST-542-class tank landing ship in commission from 1944 to 1946. During World War II, LST-568 was assigned to the Pacific Theater of Operations. She took part in the Philippines campaign, participating in the landings on Leyte in October 1944 and the landings at Lingayen Gulf in January 1945. She then took part in the invasion and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in April 1945. Following the war, LST-568 performed occupation duty in the Far East. She was caught in a typhoon off Ulithi Atoll on 15 September 1945, during which winds reached 120 knots (222 kilometers per hour); near the eye of the storm, LST-568 was badly damaged, losing her bow doors and suffering flooding.

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