SPARTANBURG COUNTY LST 1192

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-1179 Newport Tank Landing Ship Keel Laid February 7 1970 - Launched November 7 1970 USS SPARTANBURG COUNTY LST-1192 Commissioned September 1 1971 - Decommissioned December 16 1994 Struck from Naval Register December 16 1994 Sold to Malaysia for $18.7 million, under the Security Assistance Program KD SRI INDERAPURA L-1505 (Malaysian Naval Service) Renamed and Commissioned into the Malaysian Navy January 31 1995

 

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

1. Covers Page 1    (1971-94)

 

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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

 

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 November 2 1971 - Disestablished December 16 1994

 

Locy Type FDPS 2(n+) Nov 2, 1971

1971-11-02

First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type FDPS 9ef(n+u)

1971-11-02

First Day Postal Service
Most (if not all) Karcher (FLK) covers are fakes made with stolen cancels and USCS No. 1 cachets

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1971-11-28

Welcome to Norfolk, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS)

1983-07-08

Note:

 

Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS)

1994-01-19

This type 2-1 appears to be different than 1981 type based on position of ship designation in relation to bottom bar.
May be due to distortion, or is an unlisted type in USCS Postmark Catalog.

 

Locy Type LDC 2-1(n) Dec 16, 1994

1994-12-16

Decommissioning, cachet by C. B. Hall

 

Locy Type LDC 9-1(nu)

1994-12-16

Decommissioning, cachet by C. B. Hall

 

Other Information

USS SPARTANBURG COUNTY earned the following awards during her US Naval career - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (3) - Navy Expeditionary Medal (2) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Coast Guard Special Operations Ribbon - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

NAMESAKE - Named after a county in South Carolina.

 

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