CLARKE COUNTY LST 601

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 October 21 1943 - Launched March 4 1944 USS LST-601 Commissioned March 25 1944 USS CLARKE COUNTY LST-601 Named July 1 1955 Decommissioned November 23 1955 Recommissioned July 28 1966 - Decommissioned 1970 Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown) TELUK SALEH LST-501 (Indonesian Naval Service) Transferred (lease) to Indonesia July 15 1970 and renamed Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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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.

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2nd Commissioning July 28 1966 to 1970

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Locy Type 2e(n+) USS ALSTEDE AF-48

1966-09-11

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Greetings from Norfolk, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Other Information

LST-601 received one battle star for World War II service

CLARKE COUNTY received six campaign stars plus two awards of the Meritorious Unit Commendation for Vietnam War service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (17 November 1967 to 1 December 1967_ - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) -American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (5) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross (4) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

NAMESAKE - Counties in Alabama, Georgia, Iowa, Mississippi, and Virginia

 

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