The WWII LST-529 was named USS Cayuga County (LST-529) on 1 July 1955 and was assigned as a logistic support ship for the Mariana and Bonin Islands in the late 1950s, remaining there until decommissioned and transferred to the Republic of Vietnam on 17 December 1963, when she was renamed Thi Nai (HQ-502). Following the fall of Saigon on 29 April 1975 Thi Nai escaped to the Philippines. Transferred to the Philippine Navy 17 November 1975 she was renamed BPR Cotabato Del Sur (LT-87). The ship was scrapped in 2003. THIS PHOTO was taken when the ship was in the Republic of Vietnam Navy as HQ-502. Note the two Yabuta Junks on her main deck. The LST was maintained in the Saigon Shipyard, the junks were made there.
