NEWPORT LST 1179

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-1179 Newport Class Tank Landing Ship Keel Laid November 1 1966 - Launched February 3 1968 USS NEWPORT LST-1179 Commissioned June 7 1969 - Decommissioned October 1 1992 Laid up in Naval Ship Inactive Maintenance Facility Portsmouth, VA ARM SONORA A-4 (Mexican Naval Service) Transferred to Mexico May 23 2001 and renamed Struck from Naval Register July 13 2001 ARM PAPALOAPAN A-411 (Mexican Naval Service) Renamed and redesignated 2001 Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1969-92)

 

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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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type FDC 9ef(n+u)

1969-06-07

Commissioning. Cachet by Frederick L. Karcher.

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1969-12-27

Note:

 

Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS)

1977-10-28

Note:

 

Locy Type LDC 2t(n+u)

1992-09-30

Last Day in Commission

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Navy Battle "E" Ribbon - Navy Expeditionary Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Humanitarian Service Medal

NAMESAKE - Named for the city of Newport, Rhode Island

 

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