KEMPER COUNTY LST 854

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.

542-Class Tank Landing Ship Keel Laid August 30 1944 - Launched November 20 1944 USS LST-854 Commissioned December 14 1944 - Decommissioned October 21 1949 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, Puget Sound Group Recommissioned November 20 1950 USS KEMPER COUNTY LST-854 Named July 1 1955 Decommissioned May 28 1969 NORTHPOINT (Barbados Registery) Transferred July 1975 to the Government of Barbados and renamed Struck from Naval Register 1976 EL GATO BLANCO (Panama Registry) Sold 1980's to the Government of Panama and renamed Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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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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NO LST-854 / KEMPER COUNTY POSTMARKS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

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Other Information

LST-854 earned one battle star for World War II service and five battle stars for Korean War service

KEMPER COUNTY earned the Navy Unit Commendation and six campaign stars Vietnam War service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon - Navy Unit Commendation - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (5) - Vietnam Service Medal (5) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (5) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

NAMESAKE - Named for Kemper County, Mississippi

 

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