PITKIN COUNTY LST 1082

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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 November 18 1944 - Launched January 26 1945

  1. USS LST-1082
    Commissioned February 7 1945 - Decommissioned August 5 1946
    Recommissioned September 6 1950

  2. USS PITKIN COUNTY LST-1082
    Named July 1 1955
    Decommissioned September 1 1955
    Recommissioned July 9 1966 - Decommissioned September 1 1971

    Struck from Naval Register April 1 1975
    Sold December 19 1975 for scrap
    Resold to Max Rouse & Sons Beverly Hills, CA for commercial use

  3. LST-4
    Resold 1975 to Landing System Technology Pte. Ltd. Singapore and renamed

  4. PETROLA 144 (Greek Registry)
    Acquired June 6 1978 by Maritime & Commercial Co. Argonaftis S.A.
    Entered service October 26 1980

    Scrapped April 16 1988 at Gadani Beach, Pakistan

Naval Covers

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  1. USS LST-1082 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.

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.
 
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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



 

Army & Airforce
Postal Services
Machine Postmark

(likely Vietnam)

1968-01-09

The ship had no postal facilities.


 

Other Information

USS PITKIN COUNTY LST-1082 earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon (2 awards), the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 Battle star, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp), the National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), the Korea Service Medal w/ 3 Battle stars, the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 10 Campaign stars, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (27), the United Nations Korea Service Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Pitkin County, Colorado

 


 

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