Following the completion of her Far East deployment in 1957 , '' Lawrence County '' continued cargo and training voyages out of San Diego to U.S. Pacific bases . She trained in Hawaiian waters during July and August , and she steamed the Pacific coast to Kodiak , Alaska , and back between 30 September and 10 November . She returned to the Hawaiian Islands on 5 April 1958 for operations out of Pearl Harbor until sailing for the Marshalls on 7 May . Between 21 May and 18 June she provided logistics support during 11 nuclear test shots of " Operation Hardtack I " . Thence , she departed Eniwetok on 22 June and arrived San Diego via Pearl Harbor on 19 July . '' Lawrence County '' returned to Pearl Harbor on 6 May 1959 and resumed passenger and cargo runs to Pacific bases . She sailed for Midway on 9 May and operated there until returning to Pearl Harbor on 24 June . Between 13 August and 30 October she cruised to Wake Island , Eniwetok , and Ponape to shuttle cargo . Departing Pearl Harbor on 2 November , she reached San Diego on 19 November
Operation Hardtack I
Operation Hardtack I
USS Lawrence County (LST-887)