BLANCO COUNTY LST 344: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 01:27, 23 March 2018

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-344
Commissioned 14 January 1943 - Decommissioned 7 June 1946
Recommissioned 5 January 1952
USS BLANCO COUNTY LST-344
Named 1 July 1955 - Decommissioned 28 February 1956
Recommissioned 9 June 1966 - Decommissioned 3 October 1969

Struck from Naval Register 15 September 1974
Sold 1 July 1975 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.

USS Blanco County LST-344 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

POSTMARK TYPE

POSTMARK DATE

File:CLOSEUP IMAGE NAME

File:FULLSIZE IMAGE NAME

Note:

Other Information

USS LST-344 / BLANCO COUNTY earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 3 Battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 5 Campaign stars, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation Ribbon (5 awards) and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Blanco County, TX

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Bonnie Ward, Wife of H.H. Ward, Master Mechanist, Inside Machine Shop Master.

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-1 Class Tank Landing Ship<br/>
-Keel Laid October 18 1942 - Launched December 15 1942<br/><br/>
+Keel Laid 18 October 1942 - Launched 15 December 1942<br/><br/>
 <li>'''USS LST-344'''<br/>
-Commissioned January 14 1943 - Decommissioned June 7 1946<br/>
+Commissioned 14 January 1943 - Decommissioned 7 June 1946<br/>
-Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group<br/>
+Recommissioned 5 January 1952<br/><br/>
-Recommissioned January 5 1952<br/><br/>
 <li>'''USS BLANCO COUNTY LST-344'''<br/>
-Named July 1 1955<br/>
+Named 1 July 1955 - Decommissioned 28 February 1956<br/>
-Decommissioned February 28 1956<br/>
+Recommissioned 9 June 1966 - Decommissioned 3 October 1969<br/><br/>
-Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group<br/>
+Struck from Naval Register 15 September 1974<br/>
-Recommissioned June 9 1966 - Decommissioned October 3 1969<br/><br/>
+Sold 1 July 1975 for scrap
-Struck from Naval Register September 15 1974<br/>
-Sold July 1 1975 to W.L. Weeks for scrap
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 range for covers on that page.
 <ol>
-<li><!-- [[PAGE_NAME_Covers_Page_1 | --> Covers Page 1 <!-- ]] -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(DATE RANGE)</li>
+<li><!-- [[BLANCO_COUNTY_LST_344_Covers_Page_1 | -->USS Blanco County LST-344 Covers Page 1 <!-- ]] -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(DATE RANGE)</li>
 </ol>
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 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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-NO POSTMARKS REPORTED
+POSTMARK TYPE
 </td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
-DATE FROM
+POSTMARK DATE
-<br/>to<br/>
+</td><td align="center" width="350">
-DATE TO
+[[Image:CLOSEUP_IMAGE_NAME|thumb|center|300px]]
-</td><td align="center" width="320">
-N/A
 </td><td align="center" width="120">
-N/A
+[[Image:FULLSIZE_IMAGE_NAME|thumb|center|100px]]
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 <h3>Other Information</h3>
-LST-344 earned three battle stars for World War II service<br/><br/>
+USS LST-344 / BLANCO COUNTY earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 3 Battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 5 Campaign stars, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation Ribbon (5 awards) and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
-BLANCO COUNTY earned the Navy Unit Commendation and five campaign stars for Vietnam War service<br/><br/>
+'''NAMESAKE''' - Blanco County, TX<br/><br/>
-Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
+The ships sponsor was Mrs. Bonnie Ward, Wife of H.H. Ward, Master Mechanist, Inside Machine Shop Master.
-Combat Action Medal (Vietnam, January 1-2 1967) - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Vietnam Service Medal (5) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (5) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal<br/><br/>
-'''NAMESAKE''' - Blanco County, Texas
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