Construction and career
LST-218 was laid down on 11 February 1943 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Quincy, Massachusetts. Launched on 20 July 1943 and commissioned on 12 August 1943.
Service in South Korea
ROKS Bi Bong was acquired by the South Korean Navy on 3 May 1955 and was commissioned on 13 September 1955.
Later in the 1970s, she was designated as LST-673.
She was decommissioned on 31 March 1997 and her fate is unknown.
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