IREDELL COUNTY LST 839

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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 September 25 1944 - Launched November 12 1944

  1. USS LST-839
    Commissioned December 6 1944 - Decommissioned July 24 1946
    Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, Astoria Group
    Named July 1 1955

  2. USS IREDELL COUNTY LST-839
    Recommissioned June 18 1966 - Decommissioned July 1970

  3. TELUK BOME LST-511 (Indonesian Naval Service)
    Transferred (loaned) to Indonesia and renamed

    Struck from Naval Register February 1979
    Sold outright February 1979 to Indonesia

    Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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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.


 

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Locy Type 2(n+)

1970-01-19


 

Other Information

LST-839 earned one battle star for World War II service

IREDELL COUNTY earned the Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Commendation, Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation and 9 campaign stars for the Vietnam War

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (Feb 21 1958, Mar 10 1968, Mar 18 1970) - Presidential Unit Citation - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (9) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (18) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

NAMESAKE - A county in North Carolina

 


 

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