title: USS LST-537
text: # USS LST-537
  
  USS LST-537 was a LST-491-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II. She was transferred to the Republic of China Navy as ROCS Chung Ting (LST-203).
  
  ## Construction and commissioning
  
  LST-537 was laid down on 27 October 1943 at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company, Evansville, Indiana. Launched on 31 December 1943 and commissioned on 2 February 1944.
  
  ### Service in the United States Navy
  
  During World War II, LST-537 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She then participated in the Invasion of Normandy from 6 to 25 June 1944. She was assigned to occupation and China from 2 to 22 January 1946.
  
  She was decommissioned on 29 May 1946 and struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1948.
  
  ### Service in the Republic of China Navy
  
  She was acquired and commissioned into the Republic of China Navy on 29 May 1946 and renamed Chung Ting (LST-203).
  
  Chung Hai was decommissioned on 12 March 1989.
  
  ## Awards
  
  LST-537 have earned the following awards:
  
  * China Service Medal (extended)
  * American Campaign Medal
  * European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1 battle star)
  * Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
  * World War II Victory Medal
  * Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
  
  ## Citations
  
  * 1 2 3 "Tank Landing Ship LST". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  * 1 2 "LST-537". public1.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  * ↑ "231 中業艦". 新浪部落. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  * ↑ "中華民國海軍 >>軍武展示 >>老軍艦的故事". 10 May 2013. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  
  ## Sources
  
  * United States. Dept. of the Treasury (1962). Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic and Other Laws, Volume 97. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  * Moore, Capt. John (1984). Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710607959.
  * Saunders, Stephen (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710628886.
  * Fairplay International Shipping Journal Volume 222. United Kingdom: Fairplay Publishing Limited. 1967.
  
  vteLST-491-class tank landing ships :
  
  LST-491 / T-LST-491
  
  LST-492
  
  LST-493
  
  LST-494
  
  LST-495
  
  LST-496
  
  LST-497
  
  LST-498
  
  LST-499
  
  LST-500
  
  LST-501
  
  LST-502
  
  LST-503
  
  LST-504 / Buchanan County
  
  LST-505
  
  LST-506
  
  LST-507
  
  LST-508
  
  LST-509 / Bulloch County
  
  LST-510 / Buncombe County
  
  LST-511
  
  LST-512 / Burnett County
  
  LST-513 / Endymion
  
  LST-514 / Midas
  
  LST-515 / Caddo Parish
  
  LST-516 / Calaveras County
  
  LST-517
  
  LST-518 / Nestor
  
  LST-519 / Calhoun County
  
  LST-520
  
  LST-521 / T-LST-521 / Cape May County
  
  LST-522
  
  LST-523
  
  LST-524
  
  LST-525 / Caroline County
  
  LST-526
  
  LST-527 / Cassia County
  
  LST-528 / Catahoula Parish
  
  LST-529 / Cayuga County
  
  LST-530
  
  LST-531
  
  LST-532 / Chase County
  
  LST-533 / Cheboygan County
  
  LST-534
  
  LST-535
  
  LST-536
  
  LST-537
  
  LST-538
  
  LST-539
  
  LST-540
  
  LST-541 :
  
  Preceded by: LST-1 class
  
  Followed by: LST-542 class :
  
  List of United States Navy LSTs
  
  List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships :
  
  