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|Ship image=USS LST-457 Cebu City Philippines 3 April 1945.jpg
|Ship caption=USS ''LST-457'' and USS ''LST-922'', along with several other LSTs unloading at a pier that was built in one day by Army Engineers at [[Cebu City]], P.I., 3 April 1945.
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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag= {{USN flag|1946}}
|Ship name= ''LST-457''
|Ship namesake=
|Ship ordered= as a [[Landing Ship, Tank|Type S3-M-K2]] hull, [[Maritime Commission|MCE]] hull 977{{sfn|Kaiser Vancouver|2010}}
|Ship builder= [[Kaiser Shipyards|Kaiser Shipbuilding Company]], [[Vancouver, Washington]]
|Ship yard number=161{{sfn|Kaiser Vancouver|2010}}
|Ship laid down= 3 August 1942
|Ship launched= 23 October 1942
|Ship sponsor=
|Ship acquired=
|Ship commissioned= 10 February 1943
|Ship decommissioned= 15 March 1946
|Ship identification=*[[Hull classification symbol#Amphibious warfare type|Hull symbol]]: LST-457
*[[International Code of Signals|Code letters]]: NFJZ
*{{ICS|November}}{{ICS|Foxtrot}}{{ICS|Juliet}}{{ICS|Zulu}}
|Ship honors=[[Image:Silver-service-star-3d.png|18px]][[Image:Bronze-service-star-3d.png|18px]] 7 × [[Battle star#Navy warships|battle stars]]
|Ship struck= 29 September 1947
|Ship fate= assigned to [[Commander Naval Forces Far East]]
}}
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|Ship country=Japan
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Japan|naval}}
|Ship operator=[[Shipping Control Authority for the Japanese Merchant Marine|Shipping Control Authority for Japan]]
|Ship in service= 15 March 1946
|Ship out of service= date unknown
|Ship renamed= ''Q098''
|Ship reclassified=
|Ship struck=
|Ship fate=Sold for scrapping, 20 April 1948
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|Ship class={{sclass|LST-1|tank landing ship}}
|Ship displacement={{LST-1 class tank landing ship displacement}}
|Ship length={{LST-1 class tank landing ship length}}
|Ship beam={{LST-1 class tank landing ship beam}}
|Ship draft={{LST-1 class tank landing ship draft}}
|Ship depth=
|Ship power={{LST-1 class tank landing ship power}}
|Ship propulsion={{LST-1 class tank landing ship propulsion}}
|Ship speed= {{LST-1 class tank landing ship speed}}
|Ship range={{LST-1 class tank landing ship range}}
|Ship boats=  {{LST-1 class tank landing ship boats}}
|Ship capacity={{LST-1 class tank landing ship capacity}}
|Ship troops=16 [[Commissioned officer|officers]], 147 [[Enlisted man|enlisted men]]
|Ship complement=13 officers, 104 enlisted men
|Ship armament={{LST-1 class tank landing ship armament}}
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| operations =
*[[New Guinea campaign|Eastern New Guinea operation]]
**[[Landing at Lae|Lae occupation]] (4–5 September 1943)
**[[Landing at Saidor|Saidor occupation]] (28–30 January and 17–19, 21–23, 25–28 February 1944)
*[[New Britain campaign|Bismarck Archipelago operation]]
**[[Battle of Cape Gloucester|Cape Gloucester, New Britain]] (26–29 December 1943, 30 December 1943–2 January 1944, 3–9, 15–19, 23–27 January, and 13–16 February 1944)
**[[Admiralty Islands campaign|Admiralty Islands landings]] (25–28 February and 11–15 March 1944)
*[[Battle of Hollandia|Hollandia operation]] (21–25 April 1944)
*[[Western New Guinea campaign|Western New Guinea operation]]
**[[Battle of Wakde|Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area operation]] (17–18 and 23–25 May 1944)
**[[Battle of Biak|Biak Islands operation]] (28–31 May and 3–7, 13–16 June 1944)
**[[Battle of Noemfoor|Noemfoor Island operation]] (2–4 July 1944)
**[[Battle of Morotai|Morotai landing]] (15 September 1944)
*[[Battle of Leyte|Leyte landings]] (5–18 November 1944)
*[[Battle of the Visayas|Visayan Island landings]] (26 March, 2, 10–11 and 20 April 1945)
*[[Battle of Balikpapan (1945)|Balikpapan operation]] (26 June–4 July 1945)
| victories =
| awards =
*[[File:American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|20px]] [[American Campaign Medal]]
*[[File:Asiatic-Pacific Campaign ribbon.svg|20px]] [[Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal]]
*[[File:World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg|20px]] [[World War II Victory Medal (United States)|World War II Victory Medal]]
*[[File:Army of Occupation ribbon.svg|20px]] [[Navy Occupation Service Medal#Asia Clasp|Navy Occupation Service Medal w/Asia Clasp]]
*[[File:Presidential Unit Citation (Philippines).svg|20px]] [[Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation]]
*[[File:Phliber rib.svg|20px]] [[Philippine Liberation Medal]]
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'''USS ''LST-457''''' was a [[United States Navy]] {{sclass|LST-1|tank landing ship}} used in the [[Asiatic-Pacific Theater]] during [[World War II]].

==Construction==
''LST-457'' was laid down on 3 August 1942, under [[Maritime Commission]] (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 977, by  [[Kaiser Shipyards]], [[Vancouver, Washington]]; [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 23 October 1942; and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 6 February 1943.{{sfn|Kaiser Vancouver|2010}}{{sfn|DANFS}}

==Service history==
During the war, ''LST-457'' was assigned to the [[Pacific Ocean theater of World War II|Pacific Theater of Operations]]. She took part in the [[New Guinea campaign|Eastern New Guinea operations]], the [[Landing at Lae|Lae occupation]] in September 1943, and the [[Landing at Saidor|Saidor occupation]] in January and February 1944; the [[New Britain campaign|Bismarck Archipelago operations]], the [[Battle of Cape Gloucester|Cape Gloucester, New Britain]], landings from December 1943 through February 1944, and the [[Admiralty Islands campaign|Admiralty Islands landings]] in March 1944; the [[Battle of Hollandia|Hollandia operation]] in April 1944; the [[Western New Guinea campaign|Western New Guinea operations]], the [[Battle of Wakde|Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area operation]] in May 1944, the [[Battle of Biak|Biak Islands operation]] in May and June 1944, the [[Battle of Noemfoor|Noemfoor Island operation]] in July 1944, and the [[Battle of Morotai|Morotai landing]] in September 1944; the [[Battle of the Visayas|Visayan Island landings]] March and April 1945; and the [[Battle of Balikpapan (1945)|Balikpapan operation]] in June and July 1945.{{sfn|DANFS}}

==Post-war service==
Following the war, ''LST-457'' performed occupation duty in the [[Far East]] until mid-October 1945. She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 15 March 1946. The ship was struck from the [[Navy list]] on 29 September 1947. On 20 April 1948, she was sold to the [[Bethlehem Steel Co]]., of [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]], and subsequently scrapped.{{sfn|DANFS}}

==Honors and awards==
''LST-457'' earned seven [[Battle star#Navy warships|battle stars]] for her World War II service.{{sfn|DANFS}}

== Notes ==
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== Bibliography ==
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'''Online resources'''
* {{cite DANFS
  | url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lst-457.html
  | title = LST-457
  | publisher = Naval History and Heritage Command
  | access-date = 5 April 2017
  | ref = {{sfnRef|DANFS}}
  }}{{PD-notice}}
* {{cite web
  | url = http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/kvancouver.htm
  | title = Kaiser Vancouver, Vancouver WA
  | publisher =  www.ShipbuildingHistory.com
  | date = 27 November 2010
  | access-date = 5 April 2017
  | ref = {{sfnRef|Kaiser Vancouver|2010}}
  }}
* {{cite web
  | url = http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160457.htm
  | title= USS LST-457
  | publisher= Navsource.org
  | date= 10 October 2014
  | access-date= 5 April 2017
  | ref= {{sfnRef|Navsource|2014}}
  }}
{{refend}}

==External links==
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