WALWORTH COUNTY LST 1164

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 Class Tank Landing Ship Keel Laid September 22 1952 - Launched May 15 1953 USS LST-1164 Commissioned October 26 1953 USS WALWORTH COUNTY LST-1164 Renamed July 1 1955 Decommissioned April 2 1971 Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group Assigned to Military Sealift Command (MSC) USNS WALWORTH COUNTY T-LST-1146 Placed In Service May 1972 - Out of Service (Date unknown) Laid up June 19 1974 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay PAITA DT-141 (Peruvian Naval Service) Leased to Peru August 7 1984 and renamed Sold to Peru April 26 1999 Struck from Naval Register April 26 1999 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     (1962-71)

 

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

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u)

1962-06-28

Pencil strengthened

 

Locy Type LDPS 2(n+)

1971-01-04

Last Day Postal Service

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Navy Expeditionary Medal (Cuba, January 3 1961 - October 23 1961) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3-Lebanon, July 1 1958 - November 1 1958), (1-Cuba, October 24 1962 - December 31 1962)

NAMESAKE - Counties in South Dakota and Wisconsin

 

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