FLOYD COUNTY LST 762

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 June 24 1944 - Launched August 11 1944 USS LST-762 Commissioned September 5 1944 - Decommissioned 1946 USS FLOYD COUNTY LST-762 Recommissioned November 3 1950 - Decommissioned September 3 1969 Named July 1 1955 Struck from the Naval Register April 1 1975 Sold for scrapping December 1 1975 Commercial History Sold to Max Rouse & Sons, Beverly Hills, CA., 4 December 4 1975 Taken by Lake Union Drydock Co., Seattle, WA. and converted for commercial use Sold to Landing System Technology Pte. Ltd., Singapore and renamed LST 1 in 1976 Acquired by Maritime & Commercial Co. Argonaftis S.A.,(Greek flag) and renamed Petrola 141 June 30 1978 Place in service July 1980 Sold for scrapping 1988

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1968)

 

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.

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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2nd Commissioning November 3 1950 to September 3 1969

 

USPO Machine cancel San Diego CA

1968-11-08

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Other Information

USS FLOYD COUNTY/LST-762 earned the Combat Action Ribbon (3 awards), the Navy Meritorious 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 Medal (with Asia Clasp), the National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), the Korea Service Medal (w/ 1 Battle star), the Vietnam Service Medal (w/ 5 Campaign stars), the United Nations Korea Service Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation Ribbon (4 awards), the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal during her Naval career

NAMESAKE - Counties in Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Texas, and Virginia.

 

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