HARRIS COUNTY T-LST 822

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 20 1944 - Launched November 1 1944 USS LST-822 Commissioned November 14 1944 - Decommissioned July 27 1946 Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group August 10 1946 Recommissioned November 23 1950 - Decommissioned February 21 1955 Placed in service with the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) March 1955 USNS HARRIS COUNTY T-LST-822 Named July 1 1955 - Placed out of service (date unknown) Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown) BRP AURORA LT-508 (Philippine Naval Service) Sold to the Republic of the Philippines September 13 1976 & renamed

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1956)

 

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

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3rd Commissioning March 1956 to (September 1976)

 

USPO Machine Cancel San Francisco CA

1956-06-05

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USPO Machine Cancel Seattle WA

1956-07-06

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Other Information

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.

NAMESAKE - Counties in Georgia and Texas.

 

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