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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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<ol>LST-1179 Newport Class Tank Landing Ship<br/>
Keel Laid November 23 1968 - Launched September 6 1969<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS TUSCALOOSA LST-1187'''<br/> 
Commissioned October 24 1970 - Decommissioned February 18 1994<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register December 1 2008<br/>
Sunk as target, 14 July 2014 
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[[Image:TUSCALOOSA LST PATCH.jpg|thumb|center|150px]] 
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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>[[USS TUSCALOOSA LST-1187_Covers_Page_1 | USS Tuscaloosa LST-1187 Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1970-89)</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
existing example.
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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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Postmark<br/>Date</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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Locy Type<br/>FDC 2(n+) (USS)  
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1970-10-24
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[[Image:JonBurdett tuscaloosa lst1187 19701024 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett tuscaloosa lst1187 19701024.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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First Day in Commission, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Morris_W_Beck_ | Morris W. Beck]]
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Locy Type<br/>2(n+) (USS)
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1975-10-24
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[[Image:JonBurdett tuscaloosa lst1187 19751024 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett tuscaloosa lst1187 19751024.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Frederick_L_Karcher_ | Frederick L. Karcher]], 5th Anniversary of Commissioning. 
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Locy Type<br/>2-1(n+) (D2,USS)
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1985-04-18
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[[Image:JonBurdett tuscaloosa lst1187 19850418 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Emil_Cobos_ | Emil Cobos]], Port Visit, White Beach, Okinawa
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Locy Type<br/>2-1(n+) (USS)
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1989-07-04
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[[Image:JonBurdett tuscaloosa lst1187 19890704 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett tuscaloosa lst1187 19890704.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Emil_Cobos_ | Emil Cobos]], Independence Day.
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS TUSCALOOSA earned the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy Expeditionary Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 4 Campaign stars, the Southwest Asia Service Medal, the  Humanitarian Service Medal and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.<br/>USS Tuscaloosa also received two Letters of Commendation from the Secretary of the Navy<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Named for the city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama<br/><br/> 
Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name TUSCALOOSA - [[TUSCALOOSA_CA_37_ | USS Tuscaloosa CA-37]] and USS Tuscaloosa LST-1187.<br/><br/>
The ships sponsor was Mrs. Margaret H. Connolly, wife of Vice Admiral Thomas F. Connolly, Jr.,  Connolly was an Vice Admiral in the United States Navy, a gymnast and Olympic medalist in the 1932 Summer Olympics. 
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