View source for HARRIS COUNTY T-LST 822

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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during 
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship<br/> 
Keel Laid September 20 1944 - Launched November 1 1944<br/><br/> 
<li>'''USS LST-822'''</li>
Commissioned November 14 1944 - Decommissioned July 27 1946<br/> 
Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group August 10 1946<br/> 
Recommissioned November 23 1950 - Decommissioned February 21 1955<br/><br/> 
Placed in service with the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) March 1955<br/><br/>
<li>'''USNS HARRIS COUNTY T-LST-822'''</li>
Named July 1 1955 - Placed out of service (date unknown)<br/><br/> 
Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)<br/><br/>
<li>'''BRP AURORA LT-508''' (Philippine Naval Service)</li>
Sold to the Republic of the Philippines September 13 1976 & renamed<br/>
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't 
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date 
range for covers on that page.
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<li><!-- [[PAGE_NAME_Covers_Page_1 | --> Covers Page 1 <!-- ]] -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1956)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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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>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
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Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
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<h4>1st Commissioning November 14 1944 to July 27 1946</h4>
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<h4>2nd Commissioning November 23 1950 to February 21 1955</h4>
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<h4>3rd Commissioning March 1956 to (September 1976)</h4>
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USPO<br/>Machine Cancel<br/><br/>San Francisco CA
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1956-06-05
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N/A
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USPO<br/>Machine Cancel<br/><br/>Seattle WA
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1956-07-06
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
USNS HARRIS COUNTY/LST-822 earned the  American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 1 Battle star), the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp), the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal (w/ 4 Battle stars), the Vietnam Service Medal (w/ 2 Campaign stars), the Philippines Liberation Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the Republic of Korea War Service Medal and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Counties in Georgia and Texas.
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