LUZERNE COUNTY LST 902

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 November 5 1944 - Launched December 16 1944 USS LST-902 Commissioned January 15 1945 - Decommissioned August 3 1946 Recommissioned June 16 1952 USS LUZERNE COUNTY LST-902 Named July 1 1955 Decommissioned November 30 1955 Recommissioned April 15 1963 - Decommissioned 1970 Struck from Naval Register August 12 1970 Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

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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3rd Commissioning April 15 1963 to 1970

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1967-08-18

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Other Information

LST-902 earned two battle stars for Korean War service

LUZERNE COUNTY earned ten campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (Vietnam; Feb 18 1968, Feb 22 1968, Mar 4 1968, Mar 3 1969) - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (2) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3-Dominican Republic) - Vietnam Service Medal (10) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (7) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

NAMESAKE - Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

 

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