CAYUGA COUNTY LST 529

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-491 Class Tank Landing Ship Keel Laid November 8 1943 - Launched January 17 1944 USS LST-529 Commissioned February 29 1944 - Decommissioned June 7 1946 Recommissioned September 22 1950 USS CAYUGA COUNTY LST-529 Named July 1 1955 Decommissioned December 17 1963 THI NAI HQ-502 (Vietnamese Naval Service) Transferred to the Republic of Vietnam December 17 1963 and renamed Escaped to the Philippines April 29 1975 upon fall of Saigon BPR COTABATO DEL SUR LT-87 (Philippine Naval Service) Transferred to the Philippine Navy November 17 1975 and renamed Struck by Philippine Navy 1993 Scrapped 2003

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-529 / CAYUGA COUNTY POSTMARKS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

DATE FROM to DATE TO

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Other Information

LST-529 earned one battle star for World War II service and three battle stars for Korean War service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Europe, Africa, Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (3) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

NAMESAKE - Cayuga County, New York

 

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