PITKIN COUNTY LST 1082

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 November 18 1944 - Launched January 26 1945 USS LST-1082 Commissioned February 7 1945 - Decommissioned August 5 1946 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group Recommissioned September 6 1950 USS PITKIN COUNTY LST-1082 Named July 1 1955 Decommissioned September 1 1955 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group Recommissioned July 9 1966 - Decommissioned September 1 1971 Struck from Naval Register April 1 1975 Sold December 19 1975 for scrap Resold to Max Rouse & Sons Beverly Hills, CA for commercial use LST-4 Resold 1975 to Landing System Technology Pte. Ltd. Singapore and renamed PETROLA 144 (Greek Registry) Acquired June 6 1978 by Maritime & Commercial Co. Argonaftis S.A. Entered service October 26 1980 Scrapped April 16 1988 at Gadani Beach, Pakistan

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

 

NO LST-1082 / PITKIN COUNTY POSTMARKS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

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Other Information

LST-1082 earned one battle star for World War II service and four battle stars for Korean War service

PITKIN COUNTY earned ten campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - Navy Unit Commendation (2) - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korea Service Medal (3) - Vietnam Service Medal (10) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (27) - United Nations Korea Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

NAMESAKE - Pitkin County, Colorado

 

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