HUNTERDON COUNTY AGP 838

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 8 1944 USS LST-838 Commissioned December 4 1944 - Decommissioned August 7 1946 USS HUNTERDON COUNTY LST-838 Named July 1 1955 - Recommissioned September 10 1966 USS HUNTERDON COUNTY AGP-838 Reclassified Patrol Craft Tender (AGP) September 25 1970 Decommissioned June 30 1971 SRI LANGKAWI A-1500 (Malaysian Naval Service) Transferred to Malaysia July 1 1971 Struck from Naval Register August 1 1974 Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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1. LST-838 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)
2. USS Hunterdon County AGP-838 Covers Page 1     (1967-70)

 

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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2nd Commissioning September 10 1966 to June 30 1971

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (LST,USS)

1967-03-22

HUNTERDON COUNTY LST-838

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (LST,USS)

1970-07-04

HUNTERDON COUNTY LST-838. Cachet by Frederick L. Karcher

 

Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS,"LST")

1969-11-13

HUNTERDON COUNTY LST-838. File card, courtesy of the Steve Shay collection.

 

Other Information

USS LST-838 / HUNTERDON COUNTY earned the Combat Action Ribbon (3 awards), the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon (2 awards), the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, 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 (2 awards), the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 10 Campaign stars, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation Ribbon (10 awards) and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named for Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

 

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