MAHNOMEN COUNTY LST 912

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 February 5 1944 - Launched April 22 1944 USS LST-912 Commissioned May 21 1944 USS MAHNOMEN COUNTY LST-912 Named July 1 1955 - Decommissioned August 25 1955 Recommissioned March 27 1963 Ran aground December 30 1966 at Chu Lai, South Vietnam during a typhoon Decommissioned January 31 1967 Demolished after several un-successful attempts to refloat Struck from Naval Register July 31 1967

Naval Covers

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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

 

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Other Information

LST-912 / MAHNOMEN COUNTY earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the China Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 4 Battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal w/ Asia clasp, the National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 bronze star, the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 2 Campaign stars, the Philippines Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the Philippines Liberation Medal w/ 2 bronze stars, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation Ribbon and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Mahnoman County, Minnesota.

 

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