<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, i-LST-553 yabelwa ukuba isebenze ePacific Theater of Operations. Wabamba iqhaza ekubanjweni naseziQhingini zasePalau eningizimu ngoSepthemba nango-Okthoba 1944. Wabe esehlanganyela emkhankasweni wasePhilippines, ebamba iqhaza ekufikeni eLeyte  <response>: Ngo-Okthoba nangoNovemba 1944, ukufika kweLingayen Gulf ngoJanuwari 1945, nokufika eZambales naseSubic Bay ngoJanuwari 1945. Wabe esehlanganyela ekuhlaselweni nasekuqashweni kwe-Okinawa Gunto kusukela ngo-Ephreli kuya kuJuni 1945. 