DE KALB COUNTY T-LST 715

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship Keel Laid June 7 1944 - Launched July 20 1944 USS LST-715 Commissioned August 15 1944 - Decommissioned April 17 1946 Transferred to U.S. Army June 28 1946 USAT LST-715 Commissioned June 29 1946 Struck from Naval Register September 29 1947 Decommissioned by U.S. Army 1950 Reacquired by U.S. Navy July 25 1950 Reinstated on Naval Register August 10 1950 USS LST-715 Recommissioned August 30 1950 USS DE KALB COUNTY LST-715 Named July 1 1955 Decommissioned (Date unknown) Assigned to Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) December 1965 USNS DE KALB COUNTY T-LST-715 Placed In Service December 1965 - Out of Service November 1 1973 Struck from Naval Register November 1 1973 Sold April 30 1984 for scrap

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

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USPO Machine Cancel Long Beach CA

1957-07-24

No Image

No postal facilities onboard.

 

Other Information

LST-715 earned two battle stars for World War II service and six battle stars for Korean War Service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Iwo Jima operation) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (6) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal

NAMESAKE - Counties in six states

 

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