TERRELL COUNTY LST 1157

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 March 3 1952 - Launched December 6 1952 USS LST-1157 Commissioned March 14 1953 USS TERRELL COUNTY LST-1157 Named July 1 1955 Decommissioned March 25 1971 Struck from Naval Register November 1 1976 OINOUSSES L-104 (Greek Naval Service) Loaned to Greece and renamed (Sometimes written as HNS INOUSE) Sold outright to Greece March 17 1977 Decommissioned by the Greek Navy March 20 2003 Fate unknown

 

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	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2(n) (USS)

1964-02-09

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Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)

1971-03-25

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Locy Type 9fu

1964-02-10

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Locy Type 9eft(nu)

1971-03-25

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Other Information

TERRELL COUNTY earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, three (3) Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbons, the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (w/ 17 Operation stars), the Vietnam Service Medal (w/ 12 Campaign stars), the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation Medal and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - TERRELL COUNTY - Named for Terrell County, Texas, and Terrell County, Georgia

NAMESAKE - OINOUSSES - A barren cluster of 9 small islands some 2 km off the north-east coast of the Greek island of Chios and 8 km west of Turkey, as well as a community and a municipality.

 

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