LST 637

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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-542 Class Tank Landing Ship
    Keel Laid May 24 1944 - Launched August 18 1944

  1. USS LST-637
    Commissioned September 5 1944 - Decommissioned March 29 1946

    Struck from Naval Register June 5 1946
    Sold December 18 1947 to Ships & Power Equipment Corp. Barber, NJ for scrap

Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page 1     (1945)

 

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
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Killer Bar Text

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

Post office established November 1 1944 - Disestablished March 14 1946


 

Locy Type
9#

(Br. #15093)

1945-07-05
to
1945-07-11

Censored wartime (WWII) use
Mark from back of cover
Type 9# unlisted in USCS Postmark Catalog

 

Other Information

LST-637 earned three battle stars for World War II service
* Luzon operation
Lingayen Gulf landings, January 4-18 1945
* Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines
Visayan Island landings, March 18 and March 29 to April 5 1945
* Borneo operation
Tarakan Island operation, April 27 to May 5 1945
Brunei Bay operation, June 10-12 1945

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

 


 

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