LST 22

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-1 Class Tank Landing Ship
Keel Laid November 5 1942 - Launched March 29 1943


1. USS LST-22
Commissioned May 29 1943 - Decommissioned April 1 1946
Struck from Naval Register April 17 1946


2. WAN CHENG (Commercial Service)
Sold February 3 1947 to Ming Sung Industrial Co. Ltd. Shanghai, China and renamed

Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1945)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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

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Post Office Established June 21 1943 - Disestablished 1946

 

NO POSTMARKS REPORTED

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Other Information

LST-22 earned six Battle Stars for World War II service
* Bismarck Archipelago operation
Cape Gloucester; New Britain, December 26-28 1943, January 15-19 1944, January 30 to February 2, February 15-19 and February 21-23 1944
Admiralty Islands landings, February 29 to March 4, March 7-11 and March 28 to April 10 1944
* Eastern New Guinea operations
Saidor occupation, January 2-3, 6-9 and 20-22 and February 4-7 1944
* Hollandia operation
Aitape Humboldt Bay-Tanahmerah Bay, April 21-25 and May 1-7 1944
* Western New Guinea operations
Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area operation, May 18-20 and May 23-25 1944
Biak Island operation, May 27-30, June 3-7 and June 6 to 16 1944
Noemfoor Island operation, July 10-15 1944
Cape Sansapor operation, July 30, August 6-12, 14-19 and 22-28 1944
Morotai landings, September 15 1944
* Luzon operation
Lingayen Gulf landings, January 4-15 1945
* Leyte operation
Leyte landings, October 23 to November 4 1944

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidental Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)

 

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