Navy to decommission WWII-era tank landing shipStaff writer, with CNAThe Kaohsiung (LCC-1), a World War II-era US-built tank landing ship, is to be decommissioned this week after nearly seven decades in service with the navy, a military source said today. The Kaohsiung (LCC-1), a World War II-era tank landing ship, is pictured in an undated photograph. Photo: Taipei TimesAfter being assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater during World War II, the LST-542-class ship was first decommissioned by the US in March 1946, then reactivated in November 1950 for service in the Korean War. In 1957, Taiwan's navy took ownership of the ship and renamed it Chung Hsi (中熙, LST-219). It was renamed the Kaohsiung after it was outfitted as an amphibious command ship in 1962.

Source: Taipei Times February 23, 2026 11:12 UTC