HARNETT COUNTY AGP 821

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 September 19 1944 - Launched October 27 1944 USS LST-821 Commissioned November 14 1944 - Decommissioned March 1946 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group Named July 1 1955, While in reserve USS HARNETT COUNTY LST-821 Recommissioned August 20 1966 USS HARNETT COUNTY AGP-821 Redesignated Patrol Craft Tender (AGP) September 25 1970 Decommissioned October 12 1970 Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown) RVNS MY THO HQ-800 (South Vietnamese Naval Service) Transferred to South Vietnam October 12 1970 and renamed Escaped to the Philippines after the fall of Saigon 1975 BRP DUMAGAT (Philippine Naval Service) Transferred to the Philippines April 5 1976 and renamed BRP SIERRA MADRE LT-57 Renamed (Date unknown) Fate unknown

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-821 / HARNETT COUNTY AGP-821 POSTMARKS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

DATE FROM to DATE TO

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Other Information

LST-821 earned one battle star for World War II service

HARNETT COUNTY earned eleven campaign stars, two Presidential Unit Citations, and three Navy Unit Commendations for Vietnam War service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (June 13 1967, December 29 1967, December 23 1968, January 29 1968 - February 1 1969, March 15 1969, March 24 1969) - Presidential Unit Citation (2) - Navy Unit Commendation (3) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (11) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (8) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

NAMESAKE - Harnett County, North Carolina

 

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