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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during 
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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<ol>LST-511 Class Tank Landing Ship<br/>
Keel Laid 3 September 1943 - Launched 31 December 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS LST-515'''<br/>
Commissioned 28 January 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS CADDO PARISH LST-515'''<br/>
Named 1 July 1955 - Decommissioned 20 October 1955<br/>
Recommissioned 2 August 1963 - Decommissioned 26 November 1969<br/><br/>
<li>'''RPS BATAAN LT-85''' (Philippine Naval Service)<br/>
Transferred to Philippine Navy 26 November 1969 and renamed<br/>
Sold to The Philippines 5 March 1980<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register 15 September 1979<br/>
Struck by Philippine Navy 1989<br/> 
Fate unknown
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[[Image:CaddoParish_1_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|150px]]
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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). 
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range for covers on that page.
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<li>[[CADDO_PARISH_LST_515_Covers_Page_1 | USS Caddo Parish LST-515 Covers Page 1]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1967-1968)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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<br/>Date</th>
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<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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<h4>1st Commissioning 28 January 1944 to 20 October 1955</h4>
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<h4>2nd Commissioning 2 August 1963 to 26 November 1969</h4>
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Locy Type<br/>2(n+) (USS)
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1968-04-08
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[[Image:GregCiesielski CaddoParish LST515 19680408 1 Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski CaddoParish LST515 19680408 1 Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Cacheted. From the Bob Govern collection.
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Locy Type<br/>9ef(n+) (USS)
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1968-04-08
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[[Image:GregCiesielski CaddoParish LST515 19680408 2 Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski CaddoParish LST515 19680408 1 Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Cacheted. From the Bob Govern collection.
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS LST-515 / CADDO PARISH earned the Combat Action Ribbon (4 awards), the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon (2 awards), the American Campaign Medal, the Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 Battle star, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal w/ Europe clasp, the National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 9 Campaign stars, the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation Ribbon (10 awards), the Philippine Liberation Medal and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Caddo Parish, Louisiana.<br/><br/> 
The ships sponsor was Miss Rebekah Brown.
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