LST 970

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 14 1944 - Launched December 16 1944


1. USS LST-970
Commissioned January 13 1945 - Decommissioned July 10 1946
Struck from Naval Register August 15 1946


2. ALBANY (Commercial Service)
Sold April 25 1947 to American Overseas Chartering and renamed
Company reorganized as Trailerships, Inc.
Acquired September 1955 by McAllister Brothers by US Marshal's sale


3. OLD POINT COMFORT (Commercial Service)
Sold March 1957 to Chesapeake Bay Ferry District and renamed
Sold (Date unknown) to Chesapeake Bridge and Tunnel District
Sold December 16 1964 to Delaware River Bay Authority


4. ATLANTICO (Commercial Service)
Sold January 6 1967 to Navegacion, Atlantida, S.A. (Uruguay) and renamed

Abandoned circa 1993-94 at Rio Parana, near San Nicolas, Argentina

 

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

 

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Other Information

LST-970 earned one battle star for World War II service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp)

 

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