EPPING FOREST MCS 7

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.

Ashland Class Dock Landing Ship Authorized as Mechanized Artillery Transport APM-4 Reclassified Dock Landing Ship (LSD) July 1 1941 Keel Laid November 23 1942 - Launched April 2 1943 USS EPPING FOREST LSD-4 Commissioned October 11 1943 - Decommissioned March 25 1947 Placed in Reserve at Long Beach CA. Recommissioned December 1 1950 USS EPPING FOREST MCS-7 Redesignated Mine Countermeasures Support Ship (MCS) November 30 1962 Decommissioned November 1 1968 Struck from Naval Register November 1 1968 Sold October 30 1969 for scrap

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

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1. Covers Page 1     (1946-63)

 

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.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2z

1946-04-04

As LSD-4

 

Locy Type 9efu

1946-04-02

As LSD-4

 

Locy Type P (used after POD) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-22

1946-10-25

As LSD-4
Post office discontinued 1946-08-14

 

Locy Type LDPS P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-22

1946-08-10

As LSD-4
Last Day Postal Service

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2nd Commissioning December 1 1950 to November 1 1968

 

Locy Type FDPS 2

1951-03-12

As LSD-4
First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type 2

1955-06-27

As LSD-4

 

Locy Type 2

1963-09-24

As MCS-7

 

Locy Type 9efu

1955-06-27

As LSD-4

 

Other Information

EPPING FOREST earned eight battle stars for World War II service, five battle stars for Korean War service and six campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (8) - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (5) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (6-Vietnam) - Vietnam Service Medal (6) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal

NAMESAKE - An estate in Lancaster County, Va., where Mary Ball Washington, mother of George Washington was born

 

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