LST-1077

My father stayed in the reserves.  Called up, he was assigned to a boat on the Columbia River, at Tongue Point NAS.
They took it to San Diego and got it ready.  Ektachrome slides below.
On the beach in Korea

LST-1077 on the beach.
Damaged house in Korea

Korea.  Site unknown.  (will be easy to figure out.)
shore leave Japan

Japan, with fellow officer at Himeji Castle.
Ship ready for retrofit

LST-1077, probably in San Diego, coming out of mothballs.
Some paint on the LST 1077

LST-1077.  New paint in progress.

crew with officer
shore leave - Japan

Himeji Castle
On the way to Japan

Convoy headed west.

damage
maybe part of a floating pier

Guessing part of a mobile dock, that could be positioned to enable loading into the ship.  See picture below.
nice shot
Japan

Probably same town in picture above, where LST-1077 is on the beach.
launch
LST 1077
may have been a dry dock

At a dry dock in Korea.