HOLMES COUNTY LST 836

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 11 1944 - Launched October 29 1944 USS LST-836 Commissioned November 25 1944 - Decommissioned July 25 1946 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group Recommissioned November 3 1950 USS HOLMES COUNTY LST-836 Named July 1 1955 Decommissioned July 1 1971 RSN ENDURANCE L-201 (Singapore Naval Service) Transferred to Singapore and renamed Sold outright to Singapore December 5 1975 Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1953)

 

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

 

NO LST-836 / HOLMES COUNTY POSTMARKS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

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Other Information

LST-836 earned one battle star for World War II service
* Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, April 18-29 1945

LST-836 earned three battle stars for Korean Service
* Communist China Spring Offensive
June 23 1951
* UN Summer-Fall Offensive
July 14 to August 6 1951
* Korea, Summer-Fall 1953
June 2-25, July 21-22 1953

HOLMES COUNTY earned eleven campaign stars for Vietnam War service
* Vietnam Defense
November 21 to December 24 1965
* Vietnamese Counteroffensive
December 25 1965 to January 20 1966
February 11-18, March 4-31 1966
* Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II
April 17-21 1967
* Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III
June 21 to August 18 1967
* Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V
October 21 to November 1 1968
* Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI
November 2-30, December 20-24 1968
January 22 to February 22 1969
* Tet 69/Counteroffensive
February 23-24, May 31 to June 8 1969
* Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969
June 9 to July 19, August 12 to September 1 1969
* Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970
December 10-25 1969
February 25 to March 4 1970
* Sanctuary Counteroffensive
June 8-14 1970
* Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII
September 26 to November 26 1970
January 26 to March 12, March 31 to May 10 1971

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (Oct 30 1965) - Navy Unit Commendation (2) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (3) - Vietnam Service Medal (11) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (5) - Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

NAMESAKE - Counties in Florida, Mississippi, and Ohio

 

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