ELECTRON AKS 27

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 8 February 1945 - Launched 9 March 1945 USS LST-1070 Commissioned 5 April 1945 - Decommissioned 3 December 1946 AG-146 Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group (Oregon) in 1946 Reclassified and redesignated Miscellaneous Auxiliary, (AG) 27 January 1947 ELECTRON AG-146 Named Electron, 1 February 1949 USS ELECTRON AG-146 Recommissioned 6 October 1950 USS ELECTRON AKS-27 Reclassified General Store Issues Ship (AKS) 18 August 1951 Decommissioned 16 November 1956 Struck from the Naval Register 1 April 1960 Sold December 1960 presumed scrapped

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Electron AKS-27 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2 17000 Branch Sasebo, Japan

1951-11-07

As AKS-27. The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

USS LST-1070 / ELECTRON earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp), the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the Philippines Liberation Medal and the United Nations Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A very light particle associated with the elementary charge of negative electricity.

 

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