NEW LONDON COUNTY LST 1066

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 January 18 1945 - Launched February 21 1945 USS LST-1066 Commissioned March 20 1945 - Decommissioned March 1946 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet Named July 1 1955, While in reserve USS NEW LONDON COUNTY LST-1066 Placed In Commission In Reserve 1963 Commissioned (Full) December 21 1965 - Decommissioned February 27 1967 Assigned to Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) USNS NEW LONDON COUNTY T-LST-1066 Placed In Service 1967 with a Korean crew - Out of Service (Date unknown) Struck from Naval Register June 10 1973 BACH COMANDANTE HEMMERDINGER LST-88 (Chilean Naval Service) Sold to Chile August 1973 and renamed Out of Chilean service October 14 1983 MAQUISERV (Commercial Service) Sold January 19 1984 and renamed Fate unknown

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. 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 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	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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2nd Commissioning December 21 1965 to February 27 1967

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1966-12-02

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Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS)

1966-12-02

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Other Information

NEW LONDON COUNTY earned 2 campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3-Dominican Republic) - Vietnam Service Medal (2) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

NAMESAKE - New London County, Connecticut

 

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