PROTON AKS 28
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
- USS LST-1078
Commissioned May 15 1945 - Decommissioned April 29 1948
Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
Named and Classified Miscellaneous Auxiliary PROTON AG-147 January 1949, While in reserve
- USS PROTON AKS-28
Recommissioned General Stores Ship (AKS) February 1951
Decommissioned April 22 1958
Struck from Naval Register January 1 1959
Fate unknown
Keel Laid March 27 1945 - Launched April 25 1945
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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- Proton Covers Page 1 (1951-57)
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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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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existing example.
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2nd Commissioning February 1951 to April 22 1958
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1957-09-30 |
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1957-09-30 |
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Other Information
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
NAMESAKE - An elementary particle found in atomic nuclei, that carries a positive charge numerically equal to the charge of an electron.
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