SUMMIT COUNTY LST 1146

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 February 10 1945 - Launched May 11 1945 USS LST-1146 Commissioned May 30 1945 USS SUMMIT COUNTY LST-1146 Named July 1 1955 Decommissioned 1969 Laid up December 1969 in National Defense Reserve Fleet Struck from Naval Register November 1 1976 HUALCOPO T-55 (Ecuadoran Naval Service) Sold February 14 1977 to Ecuador and renamed HUALCOPO T-61 Redesignated (Date unknown) HUALCOPO TR-61 Redesignated (Date unknown) Suffered on board fire 1998 In use as Coastal Transport May 1999

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1945-46)

 

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	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

NO POSTMARKS REPORTED

POSTMARK DATE

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Other Information

LST-1146 received one battle star for Korean War service
* Second Korean Winter
December 28-29 1951
March 20-26 1952

SUMMIT COUNTY received three campaign stars for Vietnam War service
* Vietnamese Counteroffensive
January 24 to March 21 1966
March 26 to June 30 1966
* Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II
July 1-24 1966
* Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III
November 14 to December 19 1967
January 14 to March 7 1968

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (3) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (5) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal

NAMESAKE - Counties in Colorado, Ohio and Utah

 

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