TOM GREEN COUNTY LST 1159

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-1156 Terrebonne Parish Class Tank Landing Ship Keel Laid September 2 1952 - Launched July 2 1953 USS LST-1159 Commissioned September 12 1953 USS TOM GREEN COUNTY LST-1159 Named July 1 1955 Decommissioned January 5 1972 Struck from Naval Register November 1 1976 CONDE DEL VENADITO L-13 (Spanish Naval Service) Transferred May 1 1978 to Spain and renamed Struck from the Spanish Naval list 1990 Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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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.

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

 

Locy Type 2(n+)

1971-05-13

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Other Information

TOM GREEN COUNTY earned twelve campaign stars (only ten are documented) for Vietnam War service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (5) - Navy Unit Commendation (2) - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (3) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (12) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Personnel Awards...
Purple Heart: (3 KIA - FN Stephen C. Sharp, November 29 1968; CSSN Raymond J. Krekelberg, January 21 1969; CS2 Ray L. Sharp, Ridgeway, January 21 1969)

NAMESAKE - A county in Texas

 

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