ASKARI ARL 30

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.

Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship Authorized as Tank Landing Ship LST-1131 Reclassified Landing Craft Repair Ship (ARL) and named August 14 1944 Keel Laid December 8 1944 - Launched March 2 1945 USS ASKARI ARL-30 Placed in Ferry Commission March 15 - April 9 1945 Commissioned (Full) July 23 1945 - Decommissioned March 21 1956 Recommissioned August 13 1966 - Decommissioned September 1 1971 RI DJAJA WIDJAJA LST-9017 (Indonesian Naval Service) Loaned to Indonesia under terms of Military Assistance Program and renamed Struck from Naval Register February 1 1979 Sold to Indonesia February 1 1979

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1947-68)

 

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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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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1st Commissioning July 23 1945 to March 21 1956

 

Locy Type 2t(nu)

1947-07-19

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Locy Type 2# (Br. #16055)

1947-07-03

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Locy Type 9ef(nu)

1955-01-13

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2nd Commissioning August 13 1966 to September 1 1971

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1968-03-19

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Other Information

ASKARI received four battle stars for Korean War service and twelve campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon - Presidential Unit Citation (2) - Navy Unit Commendation (4) - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (4) - Vietnam Service Medal (12) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

Personnel Awards...
Purple Hearts: (2 KIA MR1 John R. Ruoho, Dec 3 1967; DCFN Scott F. Wemette, Jul 21 1970)

NAMESAKE - An Arabic word for soldier. The term, Askari, was frequently applied to indigenous troops in Africa serving European colonial powers, particularly the British and Germans in East Africa from the late 19th century to the end of the World War I

 

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