NYE COUNTY LST 1067

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 January 24 1945 - Launched February 27 1945


1. USS LST-1067
   Commissioned March 24 1945 - Decommissioned August 13 1946
   Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet
   Named July 1 1955, While in reserve
   
   
2. USS NYE COUNTY LST-1067
   Recommissioned In Reserve May 22 1963
   Assigned to Reserve LST Squadron 2 at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, VA
   Commissioned (Full) December 21 1965 - Decommissioned March 27 1967
   Assigned to Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS)
   
   
3. USNS NYE COUNTY T-LST-1067 (Korean Manned)
   Placed In Service 1967 - Out of Service (Date unknown)
   
   Struck from Naval Register June 10 1973
   
   
4. BACH COMANDANTE ARAYA LST-89 (Chilean Naval Sevice)
   Sold to Chile August 1 1973 and renamed
   Struck by Chilean Navy December 14 1981
   
   Sold March 29 1982 for scrap

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. 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.
 
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

NO LST-1067 / NYE COUNTY POSTMARKS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

DATE FROM to DATE TO

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Other Information

NYE COUNTY earned two campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (July 9 1966) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3-Dominican Republic) - Vietnam Service Medal (2) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (3) - Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Personnel Awards...
Purple Hearts: (1 KIA - SA James R. Willeford, Nov 22 1966)

NAMESAKE - Nye County, Nevada

 

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