HAMPSHIRE COUNTY LST 819

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.

LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship Keel Laid September 12 1944 - Launched October 21 1944 USS LST-819 Commissioned November 14 1944 - Decommissioned November 15 1946 Recommissioned September 8 1950 - Decommissioned June 24 1955 Named July 1 1955, While in reserve USS HAMPSHIRE COUNTY LST-819 Recommissioned July 9 1966 - Decommissioned December 19 1970 Struck from Naval Register April 1 1975 Sold December 1 1975 to Max Rouse & Sons, Beverly Hills, CA Converted for commercial use by Lake Union Drydock Co. Seattle, WA LST-2 (Commercial Service) Sold 1976 to Landing System Technology Pte. Ltd., Singapore and renamed PETROLA 142 (Commercial Service) Sold June 30 1978 to Maritime & Commercial Co. Argonaftis S.A. Panama Renamed and placed in service July 31 1980 Laid up February 24 1983 Name amended to PETROLA, While in reserve Sold to Seltas A. S. for scrapping at Aliaga, Turkey Scrapped December 22 1995

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     (DATE RANGE)

 

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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3rd Commissioning July 6 1966 to December 19 1970

 

Locy Type 2# USN 17022 Br.

1969-11-14

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25th Anniversary of Commissioning.

 

Other Information

LST- 819 received one battle star for World War II service and four battle stars for Korean War service

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY received ten campaign stars, the Presidential Unit Citation, and Navy Unit Commendation for Vietnam War service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (7 to 15 June 67, 23 May 70) - Presidential Unit Citation - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korea Service Medal (4) - Vietnam Service Medal (10) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Commendation (10) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

NAMESAKE - Counties in Massachusetts and West Virginia

 

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