RICE COUNTY LST 1089

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 December 20 1944 - Launched February 17 1945 LST-1089 Commissioned March 28 1945 - Decommissioned August 16 1946 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group Recommissioned September 6 1950 USS RICE COUNTY LST-1089 Named July 1 1955 Decommissioned March 9 1960 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group FGS BOCHUM A-1404 (West German Naval Service) Sold to West Germany October 1960 and renamed FGS BOCHUM N-120 (West German Naval Service) Converted to Mine Layer and redesignated Struck from Naval Register November 1 1960 TCG SANCAKTAR N-121 (Turkish Naval Service) Sold by Germany to Turkey 1972 and renamed Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1946)

 

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

 

NO POSTMARKS REPORTED

POSTMARK DATE

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Other Information

LST-1089 earned four battle stars for Korean War service
* First UN Counter Offensive
January 25 to April 21 1951
* Communist China Spring Offensive
April 22 to July 8 1951
* Second Korean Winter
November 28 1951 to April 30 1952
* Korean Defense Summer-Fall
May 1 to November 30 1952

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 - Korean Service Medal (4) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal

NAMESAKE - Counties in Kansas and Minnesota

 

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