title: USS LST-544
text: # USS LST-544
  
  USS LST-544 was a United States Navy LST-542-class tank landing ship in commission from 1944 to 1946.
  
  ## Construction and commissioning
  
  LST-544 was laid down on 8 December 1943 at Evansville, Indiana, by the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company. She was launched on 4 February 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Maudie M. Marlow, and commissioned on 16 March 1944.
  
  ## Service history
  
  LST-544 was not involved in combat operations during World War II.
  
  ## Decommissioning and disposal
  
  LST-544 was decommissioned on 9 August 1946 and stricken from the Navy List on 25 September 1946. On 23 June 1947, she was sold to Willamette Iron & Steel Company for scrapping.
  
  