ACCOMAC APB 49

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 May 13 1944 - Launched June 28 1944


1. USS LST-710
   Commissioned July 24 1944
   
   
2. USS ACCOMAC APB-49
   Redesignated Benawah Class Self-propelled Barracks Ship (APB) and named August 1 1945
   Decommissioned August 9 1946
   
   Struck from Naval Register May 1 1959
   Sold December 7 1959 to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp., New York City, N.Y. for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1945-46)

 

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.

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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Post Office Established September 6 1945 - Disestablished August 1 1946

 

Locy Type 2

1945-11-25

As APB-49

 

Locy Type 9efu

1945-10-10

As APB-49
Mark from back of cover

 

Other Information

LST-710 earned one battle star for World War II service
* Luzon operation
Lingayen Gulf landing January 4-18 1945

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)

NAMESAKE - Named for the county in Virginia and the town which serves as its seat of government. It is the northernmost of the two Virginia counties that occupy the southern portion of the Delaware-Maryland-Virginia peninsula that constitutes the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay

 

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