LST 288

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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-1 Class Tank Landing Ship
    Keel Laid September 6 1943 - Launched November 7 1943

  1. USS LST-288
    Commissioned December 20 1943 - Decommissioned March 6 1946
    Transferred May 20 1949 to the Shipping Control Authority of Japan
    Returned to U.S. Navy June 14 1950
    Named BERKSHIRE COUNTY July 1 1955, While in reserve

  2. ROKS KE BONG LST-810 (South Korean Naval Service)
    Transferred to Korea March 5 1956 and renamed

    Struck from Naval Register November 15 1974
    Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

  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.

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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image


 

NO LST-288 POSTMARKS
AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

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Other Information

LST-288 earned three battle stars for World War II service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Europe - Africa - Middle East Campaign Medal (2) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

 


 

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