LAFAYETTE COUNTY LST 859

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 Laid down September 26 1944 - Launched December 15 1944 USS LST-859 Commissioned January 6 1945 USS LAFAYETTE COUNTY LST-859 Named July 1 1955 Decommissioned August 15 1958 Struck from Naval Register August 15 1958 ROCS CHUNG CHENG LST-224 (Taiwanese Naval Service) Commissioned August 15 1958 Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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1. LST-859 Covers Page 1     (1949)

 

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

 

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Other Information

LST-859 received one battle for World War II service and six battle stars for Korean War service
* Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto June 26-30 1945
* North Korean Aggression September 12, 18-19 1950
* Inchon Landing September 13-17 1950
* Second Korean Winter February 7-19 1952, March 13-20 1952, March 31 to April 30 1952
* Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952, May 1-7 1952, August 10-20 1952, September 3-9 1952, October 11-14 1952, November 12-18 1952, November 30 1952
* Third Korean Winter, December 1-6 and December 13-20 1952, December 31 1952 to January 8 1953, January 18-23 1953, February 13-23 1953, March 3-5 1953 and 14-16 March 1953, April 6-16 1953
* Korean Summer-Fall 1953, May 25-28 1953, June 13-17 and June 25-29 1953, July 16-19 1953

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (6) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

 

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