LST 683: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 04:20, 13 March 2019

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.

USS LST-683
Commissioned 28 March 1944 - Decommissioned 29 May 1946

Struck from Naval Register 3 July 1946
Sold 26 May 1948 for scrap

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.

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

Locy Type 2#

(Br# 15773)

1945-05-20

Censored, sailors mail. From the Tom Kean collection.

Locy Type
7rz*

1945-03-19

Censored, WWII use. Posted from another ship or station, the ship did not have this postal machine.

Other Information

USS LST-683 earned the China Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the Navy Occupation Medal w/ Asia clasp during her Naval career.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Florence Robbins Bohr.

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

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 <ol>LST-511 Class Tank Landing Ship<br/>
-Keel Laid November 29 1943 - Launched February 7 1944<br/><br/>
+Keel Laid 29 November 1943 - Launched 7 February 1944<br/><br/>
 <li>'''USS LST-683'''<br/>
-Commissioned March 28 1944 - Decommissioned May 29 1946<br/><br/>
+Commissioned 28 March 1944 - Decommissioned 29 May 1946<br/><br/>
-Struck from Naval Register July 3 1946<br/>
+Struck from Naval Register 3 July 1946<br/>
-Sold May 26 1948 to Bethlehem Steel Co. Bethlehem, PA for scrap
+Sold 26 May 1948 for scrap
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 Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
 </th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
-Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
+Postmark<br/>Date</th>
-<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
+<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
-<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
+<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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 <tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
-NO POSTMARKS REPORTED
+Locy Type 2#<br/><br/>(Br# 15773)
 </td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
-DATE FROM
+-05-20
-<br/>to<br/>
+</td><td align="center" width="350">
-DATE TO
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_LST683_19450520_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
-</td><td align="center" width="320">
-N/A
 </td><td align="center" width="120">
-N/A
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_LST683_19450520_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td></tr></table>
-Note:
+Censored, sailors mail. From the Tom Kean collection.
 <!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->
-<hr>
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 </td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
 -03-19
-</td><td align="center" width="320">
+</td><td align="center" width="350">
-[[Image:JonBurdett lst683 19450319.jpeg|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:JonBurdett lst683 19450319.jpeg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td align="center" width="120">
 [[Image:JonBurdett lst683 19450319 cc.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td></tr></table>
-Censored wartime (WWII) use<br/>
+Censored, WWII use. Posted from another ship or station, the ship did not have this postal machine.
-Posted from another ship or station...ship had no post office
 <!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
 <h3>Other Information</h3>
-Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
+USS LST-683 earned the China Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the Navy Occupation Medal w/ Asia clasp during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
-China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp)
+The ships sponsor was Mrs. Florence Robbins Bohr.
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