CLEARWATER COUNTY LST 602
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
- USS LST-602
Commissioned March 31 1944 - Decommissioned 1946
Recommissioned 1950
- USS CLEARWATER COUNTY LST-602
Named July 1 1955 - Decommissioned 1957
- USNS CLEARWATER COUNTY T-LST-602
The USNS prefix and T-LST designation are not supported for this ship in the naval history websites or Wikipedia but several covers reference this name in the corner card (see example below). Another such cover was spotted on eBay with date August 15, 1957.
Assigned to U.S. Air Force September 1957 to September 1969
Struck from Naval Register May 1 1972
- ARM MANZANILLO IA-02 (Mexican Naval Service)
Sold to Mexico May 30 1972 and renamed
Decommissioned on November 16, 2011
Keel Laid October 23 1943 - Launched March 9 1444
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.
- USS Clearwater County LST-602 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 incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.
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Postmark Type |
Postmark Date |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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USPO |
1956-09-13 |
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As T-LST-602. The ship had no postal facilities.
Other Information
USS LST-602 / CLEARWATER COUNTY earned the American Campaign Medal, the Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 Battle star, the World War II Victory Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal w/ 2 Battle stars, the United Nations Service Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - Counties in Idaho and Minnesota
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