SUMNER COUNTY LST 1148

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 15 1945 - Launched May 22 1945 USS LST-1148 Commissioned June 9 1945 - Decommissioned May 11 1946 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group Recommissioned October 3 1950 USS SUMNER COUNTY LST-1148 Named July 1 1955 Decommissioned October 9 1969 Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group Struck from Naval Register September 15 1974 Sold August 1 1975 to Frank Ganter, Newport, R.I. for non-commercial use Used as barge until February 2004 when the ship had become derelict Scrapped 2004

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).

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1. LST-1148 Covers Page 1     (1946)

 

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 LST-1148 / SUMNER COUNTY POSTMARKS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

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Other Information

LST-1148 received four battle stars for Korean War service
* Communist China Spring Offensive
April 27 1951
* UN Summer-Fall Offensive
July 27-29 1951
October 6-7 1951
* Second Korean Winter
December 23-24 1951
February 8 and February 21-27 1952
* Korea, Summer-Fall 1953
May 21 1952
August 5, 10, 13, 15, 17-19, 22, 24, 27, 29, and 31 1952
September 3-4, 7-8 and 10-11 1952

SUMNER COUNTY received six campaign stars Vietnam War service
* Vietnam Defense
July 4 to December 24 1965
* Vietnam Counteroffensive
December 24 1965 to January 28 1966
* Tet Counteroffensive
March 12 to April 1 1968
* Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase II
September 27 to October 26 1966
* Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase IV
April 2-16 1968
April 28 to May 18 1968
June 3-7 and 25-30 1968
* Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase V
July 1 to August 3 1968
August 24 to September 9 1968
September 25 to November 1 1968

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (June 25 1968) - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (4) - Vietnam Service Medal (6) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (5) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

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