PAYETTE COUNTY T-LST 1079

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 30 March 1945 - Launched 27 April 1945 USS LST-1079 Commissioned 22 May 1945 - Decommissioned 31 May 1946 Recommissioned October 1950 USS PAYETTE COUNTY LST-1079 Named 1 July 1955 Decommissioned (Date Unknown) USNS PAYETTE COUNTY T-LST-1079 Assigned to MSTS & Placed in Service (Date Unknown) Placed out of Service 1 November 1959 Struck from the Naval Register 1 November 1959 Sold for scrapping 18 May 1961

Naval Covers

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1. USNS Payette County T-LST-1079 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

 

USPO CDS & Killer Postmark Seattle, WA

1957-09-24

Cold War Arctic Dew Line Operation. The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

USS LST-1079 / PAYETTE COUNTY earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the National Defense Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A county in Idaho.

 

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