WASHTENAW COUNTY LST 1166

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-1156 Terrebonne Parish Class Tank Landing Ship Keel Laid November 29 1951 - Launched November 22 1952 USS LST-1166 Commissioned October 29 1953 USS WASHTENAW COUNTY LST-1166 Named July 1 1955 Decommissioned February 9 1973 Converted to Special Minesweeper Ship MSS-2 February 9 1973, While in reserve Struck from Naval Register August 30 1973 MANHAL 1 (Merchant Service) Sold 1973 to an unknown company and renamed EL CENTROAMERICANO Sold 1980 to Cooperative de Transportadores Centroamericanos R.L. Panama Arrived in tow at Portland, OR, October 1980, with mechanical troubles Engine room flooded January 19 1984 Sold to J.A. Leites & Associates, Inc., Portland, OR for scrap Resold and restored by volunteers of the Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum/LST-1166 Partners

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.

 

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

 

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Other Information

WASHTENAW COUNTY earned two Presidential Unit Citations, two Navy Unit Commendations, four Meritorious Unit Commendations, and 15 campaign stars for Vietnam service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (March 14 1968) - Presidential Unit Citation (2) - Navy Unit Commendation (2) - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (4) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (5-Quemoy-Matsu, 1-Laos, 9-Vietnam - Vietnam Service Medal (15) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (15) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

NAMESAKE - A county in southeastern Michigan

 

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