PLUMAS COUNTY LST 1083

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 November 22 1944 - Launched January 14 1945 USS LST-1083 Commissioned February 12 1945 - Decommissioned August 1 1946 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet Recommissioned September 8 1950 USS PLUMAS COUNTY LST-1083 Named July 1 1955 Decommissioned August 22 1961 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet at Sasebo, Japan USNS PLUMAS COUNTY T-LST-1083 Placed In Service by Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) December 1965 Out of Service (date unknown) Struck from Naval Register June 1 1972 Sold May 1 1973 by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1946)

 

Postmarks

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Other Information

LST-1083 earned one battle star for World War II service
* Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, June 8-30 1945

Earned three battle stars for the Korean War service
* First UN Counter Offensive
February 3 to March 17 1951
* Communist China Spring Offensive
April 24-30, May 6-18 1951
* Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952
May 20-21, June 18 to July 7, August 9-31, October 14 to November 1 1952

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

 

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