GARRETT COUNTY AGP 786

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 21 1944 - Launched July 22 1944 USS LST-786 Commissioned August 28 1944 - Decommissioned July 9 1946 Named July 1 1955, while in reserve USS GARRETT COUNTY LST-786 Recommissioned October 15 1966 USS GARRETT COUNTY AGP-786 Redesignated Patrol Craft Tender (AGP) (date unknown) Decommissioned April 23 1971 Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown) RVNS CAN THO HQ 801 (South Vietnamese Naval Service) Transferred to South Vietnam April 23 1971 Escaped to the Philippines with the fall of South Vietnamese government BPR KALINGA APAYAO LT 516 (Philippine Naval Service) Custody transferred to the Republic of the Philippines

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. LST-786 Covers Page 1     (1944)

 

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	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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No Postmarks Reported

 

USPS Machine Cancel Alameda CA

1966-09-02

N/A

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US Army/Air Force Machine Cancel

1967-06-17

N/A

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Locy Type 7#

1970-03-05

N/A

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Other Information

USS LST-786 / GARRETT COUNTY earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon (2 awards), the China Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 1 Battle star), the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (w/ Asia clasp), the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal (w/ 8 Campaign stars), the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation Ribbon (9 awards), the Philippines Liberation Medal and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A county in western Maryland.

 

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