WESTCHESTER COUNTY LST 1167

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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 11 January 1952 - Launched 18 April 1953

  1. USS LST-1167
    Commissioned 10 March 1954

  2. USS WESTCHESTER COUNTY LST-1167
    Named 1 July 1955 - Decommissioned 30 November 1973

  3. TCG SERDAR L-402
    Transferred to Turkey 27 August 1974 and Renamed
    Decommissioned by the Turkish Navy in 2005
    Sunk as a target 30 May 2014

Naval Covers

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  1. USS Westchester County LST-1167 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.


 

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Killer Bar Text

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Locy Type
6
17002 Branch
Yokosuka, Japan

1966-04-08

Note the ship's seal. The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

USS WESTCHESTER COUNTY earned the Combat Action Ribbon (3 awards), the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon (3 awards), the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon (2 awards), the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3 awards), the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 14 Campaign stars, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation Ribbon (27 awards) and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A county in southeastern New York.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Robert E. Wood.

 


 

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