MONTROSE LPA 212

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.

Haskell Class Attack Transport Keel Laid June 17 1944 - Launched September 13 1944 USS MONTROSE APA-212 Commissioned November 2 1944 - Decommissioned October 26 1946 Recommissioned September 12 1950 USS MONTROSE LPA-212 Redesignated Amphibious Transport (LPA) January 1 1969 Decommissioned November 2 1969 Struck from Naval Register November 2 1969 Sold 1970 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Montrose Covers Page 1     (1945-62)

 

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

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1st Commissioning November 2 1944 - October 26 1946

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-08-20

As APA-212

 

Locy Type 9efu

1946-01-20

Note:

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2nd Commissioning September 12 1950 to November 2 1969

 

Locy Type 2

1950-10-25

As APA-212

 

Locy Type 2af USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-81

1969-05-14

As LPA-212
Ship's cachet

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (APA,USS)

1962-07-14

As APA-212

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (LPA,USS)

1969-05-14

As LPA-212
Ship's cachet

 

Other Information

MONTROSE received one battle star for World War II service, three battle stars for Korean War service, and six campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 1 Battle star)- World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (w/ 3 Battle stars) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2) - Vietnam Service Medal (w/ 6 Campaign stars) - Philippine Liberation Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (9) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

NAMESAKE - A county in Colorado.

 

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