WWII-era landing ship reaches well-earned retirementStaff Writer, with CNAThe Kaohsiung (LCC-1), a US-built tank landing ship, is being decommissioned after just shy of seven decades in service with Taiwan’s navy, a military source said yesterday. A retirement ceremony is being held tomorrow for the Kaohsiung, first commissioned as the USS Dukes County (LST-735) in April 1944, in Kaohsiung, the source said. The Kaohsiung (LCC-1) is pictured in an undated photograph. Screen grab from Mr. Huoli’s YouTube channelIn 1957, the Republic of China 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 17:13 UTC