GRAHAM COUNTY AGP 1176

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-1171 DeSoto County Class Tank Landing Ship Keel Laid February 4 1957 - Launched September 9 1957 USS GRAHAM COUNTY LST-1176 Commissioned April 17 1958 USS GRAHAM COUNTY AGP-1176 Reclassified Patrol Craft Tender (AGP) 1972 Decommissioned March 1 1977 Struck from the Naval Register March 1977 Transferred to MARAD - Sold by MARAD March 1 1978

Naval Covers

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1. Graham County Covers Page 1     (1965)

 

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

 

Locy Type 2tnu (LST,USS)

1965-12-30

As LST-1176

 

Locy Type 2tnu USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-56a

1973-07-12

As AGP-1176
This cover was postmarked for USS Antelope PG-86

 

Locy Type 9fu (USS)

1965-12-30

As LST-1176

 

Other Information

GRAHAM COUNTY earned the National Defense Service Medal and four (4) Armed Forces Expeditionary Medals during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Counties in Arizona, Kansas, and North Carolina.

 

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