View source for LST 473

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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-1 Class Tank Landing Ship<br/>
Laid down July 10 1942 - Launched December 9 1942<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS LST-473'''<br/>
Commissioned March 16 1943 - Decommissioned March 18 1946<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register April 17 1946<br/>
Sold April 21 1948 to Hughes Brothers, Inc., New York, N.Y. for scrap 
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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).

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<li>[[USS LST-473_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1944-45)</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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<h3>Other Information</h3>
LST-473 earned five battle stars for World War II service<br/>*
Eastern New Guinea operation<br/>
Lae occupation September 4-5 1943<br/>*
Leyte operation<br/>
Leyte landings October 16-29 1944<br/>*
Luzon operations<br/>
Lingayen Gulf landings January 9-18 1945<br/>*
Manila Bay-Bicol operations<br/>
Zambales-Subic Bay operation January 29-30 1945<br/>*
Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines<br/>
Mindanao Island Landings April 17-23 1945<br/><br/>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)<br/><br/>
Individual Awards...<br/>
Medal of Honor (Posthumously) and Purple Heart [[JOHNNIE HUTCHINS DE 360|S1c Johnnie David Hutchins]], off Lae, New Guinea, September 4 1943<br/>
Navy Cross - S1c Frederick L. Erickson<br/>
Silver Star - CPhM Nelson Tudor and Ens. J.K. Hayes<br/>
Purple Heart - 22 (8 KIA, 14 WIA)  

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