 "LST-464" carried no troops, or combat equipment and functioned as a casualty evacuation ship during invasion, a station hospital ship in port, and an ambulance ship to transfer patients to a base hospital.She was designated only by numbers "464" painted on her hull amidships.Her modified tank deck refitted and housed a complete and fixed hospital facility which extended into the ship through new water tight doors on port and starboard sides of the tank deck.