MOUNTRAIL LPA 213

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.

Haskell Class Attack Transport Keel Laid June 24 1944 - Launched September 20 1944 USS MOUNTRAIL APA-213 Commissioned November 16 1944 - Decommissioned July 12 1946 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, Stockton Group Recommissioned September 9 1950 - Decommissioned October 1 1955 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet Transferred July 7 1960 to National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Group Withdrawn from reserve for reactivation August 5 1961 Recommissioned November 22 1961 USS MOUNTRAIL LPA-213 Redesignated Amphibious Transport (LPA) January 1 1969 Decommissioned August 13 1970 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group Struck from Naval Register December 1 1976 Sold September 18 1989 for scrap

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).

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1. Mountrail Covers Page 1     (1946-69)

 

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

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1st Commissioning November 16 1944 to July 12 1946

 

Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-48

1946-05-02

As APA-213

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2nd Commissioning September 9 1950 to October 1 1955

 

Locy Type 2

1951-04-05

As APA-213

 

Locy Type 9efu

1954-09-01 to 1954-09-02

As APA-213

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3rd Commissioning November 22 1961 to August 13 1970

 

Locy Type 2(n) (USS)

1963-08-17

As APA-213

 

Locy Type LDPS 2(n)

1969-10-08

As LPA-213 still using APA device
Last Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type LDPS 9ef(nu)

1969-10-08

As LPA-213 still using APA device
Last Day Postal Service

 

Other Information

MOUNTRAIL received 1 battle star for World War II service and 3 battle stars for Korean War service

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

NAMESAKE - A county in North Dakota

 

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