DUVAL COUNTY LST 758

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 Laid down June 5 1944 - Launched July 25 1944 USS LST-758 Commissioned August 19 1944 - Decommissioned July 13 1946 Laid up in Reserve Fleet Recommissioned November 3 1950 USS DUVAL COUNTY LST-758 Named July 1 1955 Decommissioned October 28 1969 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, VA Struck from Naval Register November 1 1976 Sold August 18 1981 to North American Smelting Co. for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1969)

 

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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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

USPO Machine Postmark Norfolk, VA

1969-07-10

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

LST-758 earned three battle stars for World War II service...
* Iwo Jima operation
Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, February 19-26 1945
* Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, April 2 to May 30 1945
* Minesweeping Operations Pacific
Fukuoka (Kyushu-Korea Area), November 28 to December 14 1945

Earned four battle stars for Korea...
* UN Summer-Fall Offensive
July 12 to September 2 1951
October 29 to November 23 1951
* Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952
November 14-20 1952
* Third Korean Winter
December 10-18, 22-23 1952
January 3-31 1953
March 14-30 1953
April 7-12 1953
* Korean Summer-Fall 1953
July 7-8, 13, 24-27 1953

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3)- World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (4) - Armed Forces Service Medal (1-Cuba) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal

NAMESAKE - Duval County, Florida

 

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