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Landing Ship Tank Still Active

Here what I could dig up on LST still in use by the out break of the war

De Soto Country Class

In the late 1950s, many of LSTs of the De Soto County-class were constructed. These were an improved version over earlier WWII LSTs, with a high degree of habitability for the crew and embarked troops. Considered the "ultimate" design attainable with the traditional LST bow door configuration, they were capable of 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h).

USS Summit County (LST-1146) – Venezuela
USS Wood County (LST-1178) – US Reserve Fleet Beaumont TX
USS Litchfield County (LST-901) – Panama Commercial Fleet
HMS Stalker (LST-3515) Portsmouth UK
USS LST-325 – Greece
USS Buncombe County (LST-510) – US
USS LST-393 – US Commercial Fleet Sand Products Inc
USS Maricopa County (LST-938) – Vietnam
USS Clarke County (LST-601) – Indonesia
USS Clearwater County (LST-602) - Mexico
USS Dorchester (APB-46) – US Commercial Fishing Fleet Settle
USS Dukes County (LST-735) – Taiwan
USS Hampshire County (LST-819) – Greece Commercial Fleet
USS Iredell County (LST-839) – Indonesia
USS Iron County (LST-840) – Tawian
USS Lincoln County (LST-898) – Thailand
USS Pender County (LST-1080) – South Korea
USS Sedgwick County (LST-1123) - Malaysia

The Philippine Navy received 20+ units of the LST Mk.2 starting in the late 1940s, and still have 7 units on their active list as of 2010. This includes BRP Laguna (LT-501) (ex-USS LST-230), BRP Zamboanga del Sur (LT-86) (ex-USS Marion County (LST-975), BRP Kalinga Apayao (LT-516) (ex-USS Garrett County (LST-786) and BRP Benguet (LT-507) (ex-USS Daviess County (LST-692). Many of these defected to the Philippine Navy after the far of South Vietnam.

Newport Class

Twenty ships of the Newport tank landing ship class were built to replace the traditional bow door design LST. The Newport class has higher speeds and trimmer lines than the LSTs of World War II. The vessels have two huge derricks used to extend and retract a bow ramp. The 110-foot (34 m) ramp has a 75-ton capacity. The Newport class is the first amphibious ship to be fitted with an internal side propulsion unit located below the waterline near the bow. The bow thruster allows the bow to be pushed from side to side while the stern remains nearly stationary. This class of LST also has a stern gate. It allows them to load and launch amphibious assault vehicles, and permits stern gate matings with Landing Craft Utility (LCU) units

USS Newport LST-1179 Sold to Mexico in 2001 form inactive reserve
USS Manitowoc LST-1180 Sold to Tawian in 2001 form inactive reserve
USS Sumter LST-1181 Sold to Tawian in 2000 form inactive reserve
USS Fresno LST-1182 Sold to Peru in 2009 from inactive reserve
USS Peoria LST-1183 Sunk, durring Fleet training exercise in 2004
USS Frederick LST-1184 Sold to Mexico in 2002 from inactive reserve
USS Schenectady LST-1185 Sunk durring Fleet training exercise in2004
USS Cayuga LST-1186 Sold to Brazil in 2001 from inactive reserve
USS Tuscaloosa LST-1187 Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility Pearl Harbor
USS Saginaw LST-1188 Sold to Australia in 1994, in refit 95-96
USS San Bernardino LST-1189 Sold to Chile in 1995
USS Boulder LST-1190 Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility Philadelphia, PA
USS Racine LST-1191 Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility Pearl Harbor
USS Spartanburg County LST-1192 Sold to Malaysia in 1995
USS Fairfax County LST-1193 Sold to Australia in 1994, in refit 95-96
USS La Moure County LST-1194 Sunk durring Fleet training exercise in 2001
USS Barbour County LST-1195 Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 2004
USS Harlan County LST-1196 Sold to Span in 2000 from inactive reserve
USS Barnstable County LST-1197 Sold to Span in 1994
USS Bristol County LST-1198 Sold to Morocco in 1994