from the United States. operates one , one , both purchased from the United States, and two s. operates five s. operates 15 s, two s, and two s. operates three s. operates two s. operates two s and the TCG Osman Gazi operates a single . operates three s. operates eight s. operates four s. operates three s and two s, captured from South Vietnam. operates a single . Former operators decommissioned its last LST, ARA Cabo San Antonio in 1997. decommissioned its only in 2013. decommissioned its last in 2017. decommissioned all its LST's following World War II. decommissioned its only in 1998. decommissioned its last s, following the dissolution of its navy in 1993. decommissioned its last in 2017. decommissioned its 14 following German reunification. lost its two s during the Gulf War at the Battle of Bubiyan. decommissioned its last in 1992. decommissioned its last in 2002. lost its only due to a fire in 2009. decommissioned its lone in 1991, following the collapse of the government. transferred its four remaining s to The Philippines in 1975. decommissioned its last in 2012. Royal Fleet Auxiliary decommissioned its last in 2008. decommissioned its last in 2000. two s were captured by Croatia in 1992. Cultural references Literature Jonah's Cathedral by R. D. Wall, is a novel of the Vietnam War based on the author's experiences while serving on an LST in the Mekong Delta in 1966. The book, #1 in the Jonah Wynchester Series, follows the exploits of U.S. Navy Gunner's Mate Jonah Wynchester from the time he reports aboard his new assignment, the LST USS Winchester County, at the Navy Amphibious Base in Little Creek, Virginia on New Year's Day 1966 through the time the ship departs for Vietnam. The "Cathedral" refers to the nickname the crew have given the ship, a decrepit, run-down LST in the ready reserve fleet, that is suddenly re-activated and fully manned for the rapidly expanding need for LSTs in the Vietnam theater. Book #2, "Mekong Covenant" follows the ship across the Pacific into the deadly brown waters of the Mekong Delta. The Ninety and Nine by William Brinkley, author of Don't Go Near the Water, portrays an LST running supplies to Anzio during World War II. The title refers to the ship's company of ninety enlisted men and nine officers. The book opens with a quotation attributed to Winston Churchill