CHESTERFIELD COUNTY LST 551

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-511 Class Tank Landing Ship Keel Laid January 15 1944 - Launched March 11 1944 USS LST-551 Commissioned April 14 1944 - Decommissioned June 10 1955 USS CHESTERFIELD COUNTY LST-551 Named July 1 1955 while in reserve Recommissioned December 21 1965 - Decommissioned June 1 1970 Struck from Naval Register June 1 1970 Sold February 1971 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS LST-551 Page 1     (1945-46)
2. USS Chesterfield County LST-551 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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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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1st Commissioning April 14 1944 to June 10 1955

 

Locy Type LDPS 2z

1945-10-13

LST-551. Last Day Postal Service, add-on cachet.

 

USPO Slogan Machine Postmark Norfolk, VA

1964-04-20

The cover was posted while the ship was in reserve. The ship had no postal facilities.

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2nd Commissioning December 21 1965 to June 1 1970

 

POSTMARK TYPE

POSTMARK DATE

File:CLOSEUP IMAGE NAME

N/A

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Other Information

USS LST-551 / CHESTERFIELD COUNTY earned the American Campaign Medal, the European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 Battle star, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Europe clasp), the National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 2 Campaign stars, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation Ribbon and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named for counties in South Carolina and Virginia.

 

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