GREER COUNTY LST 799

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 25 August 1944 - Launched 3 October 1944 USS LST-799 Commissioned 28 October 1944 - Decommissioned 6 May 1946 Transferred to the Army 6 May 1946. Reacquired 26 August 1950 Recommissioned 26 August 1950 USS GREER COUNTY LST-799 Named 1 July 1955 Decommissioned 18 January 1960 Struck from Naval Register 1 November 1960 FGS BAMBERG A-1403 (West German Naval Service) Transferred to West Germany and renamed Struck by Germany 1968 Sold to the Netherlands 1970 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).

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1. USS LST-799 Covers Page 1     (1945-1955)
2. USS Greer County LST-799 Covers Page 1     (1955)

 

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

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Post Office Established 27 October 1944 - Disestablished 24 December 1945

USS LST-799

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-05-15

Censored WWII use

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Post Office Reestablished 1 March 1951 - Disestablished 1960

 

Locy Type FDPS 2

1951-05-24

First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type 2

1951-08-29

Note:

 

Locy Type 9efu

1955-04-11

Note:

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USS GREER COUNTY LST-799

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1956-02-26

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu)

1956-02-27

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Other Information

USS LST-799 / USS GREER COUNTY earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 1 Battle star), the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Medal (w/ Asia Clasp), the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal (w/ 9 Campaign stars), the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the United Nations Service Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Greer County, Oklahoma

The ships sponsor was Miss Mary R. Whalen.

 

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