LST 991

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 26 1944 - Launched March 27 1944


1. USS LST-991
   Commissioned May 6 1944 - Decommissioned May 3 1945
   Transferred to the Republic of China (Taiwan)
   
   Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown)
   Believed to have been torpedoed and sunk off of Quemoy Island by torpedo boats of Chinese Peoples Liberation Navy

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1945)

 

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	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-11-06

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Locy Type 2# (Br. #15897)

1945-11-06

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Locy Type 9# (Br. #15897)

1945-11-06

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "END OF WORLD WAR II STA" Arlington VA

2008-08-30

Awaiting V-J Day, cachet by the Richard F. Hoffner

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "USS LST-991 STA" Louisville KY

2009-09-04

Crewmember Reunion, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

LST-991 earned six battle stars for World War II service
* Western Caroline Islands operation
Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands September 6 to October 14 1944
* Western New Guinea operation
Morotai Landings December 22-23 1944
* Leyte operation
Leyte landings October 18 to 6 and 19-29 November 1944
* Luzon operation
Lingayen Gulf landings January 4-18 1945
* Manila Bay-Bicol operations
Zambales-Subic Bay January 20-30 1945
* Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto April 1 to June 22 1945

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal (3)

 

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