CHESTERFIELD COUNTY LST 551: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 03:31, 20 April 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-551
Commissioned April 14 1944 - Decommissioned June 10 1955
USS CHESTERFIELD COUNTY LST-551
Named July 1 1955 while in reserve
Recommissioned December 21 1965 - Decommissioned June 1 1970

Struck from Naval Register June 1 1970
Sold February 1971 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 LST-551 Page 1 (1945-46)
USS Chesterfield County LST-551 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

1st Commissioning April 14 1944 to June 10 1955

Locy Type
LDPS 2z

1945-10-13

LST-551. Last Day Postal Service, add-on cachet.

USPO Slogan
Machine Postmark

Norfolk, VA

1964-04-20

The cover was posted while the ship was in reserve. The ship had no postal facilities.

2nd Commissioning December 21 1965 to June 1 1970

POSTMARK TYPE

POSTMARK DATE

File:CLOSEUP IMAGE NAME

N/A

Note:

Other Information

USS LST-551 / CHESTERFIELD COUNTY earned the American Campaign Medal, the European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 Battle star, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Europe clasp), the National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 2 Campaign stars, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation Ribbon and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named for counties in South Carolina and Virginia.

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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 Keel Laid January 15 1944 - Launched March 11 1944<br/><br/>
 <li>'''USS LST-551'''<br/>
-Commissioned April 14 1944 - Decommissioned June 10 1955<br/>
+Commissioned April 14 1944 - Decommissioned June 10 1955<br/><br/>
-Named July 1 1955, While in reserve<br/><br/>
 <li>'''USS CHESTERFIELD COUNTY LST-551'''<br/>
+Named July 1 1955 while in reserve<br/>
 Recommissioned December 21 1965 - Decommissioned June 1 1970<br/><br/>
 Struck from Naval Register June 1 1970<br/>
-Sold February 1971 to Mitsui and Co. Japan for scrap
+Sold February 1971 for scrap
 </ol></td>
 <td align="center" width="220" valign="top">
-<!-- [[Image:Name_Number_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|125px]] -->
+<!-- [[Image:ChesterfieldCounty_LST551_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|150px]] -->
 </td>
 </tr>
@@ Line 49: / Line 49: @@
 range for covers on that page.
 <ol>
-<li>[[USS LST-551_Covers_Page_1 | LST-551 Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1945-46)</li>
+<li>[[USS LST-551_Covers_Page_1 | USS LST-551 Page 1]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1945-46)</li>
+<li><!-- [[CHESTERFIELD_COUNTY_LST_551_Covers_Page_1 | -->USS Chesterfield County LST-551 Covers Page 1 <!-- ]] -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(DATE RANGE)</li>
 </ol>
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
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 [[Image:JonBurdett lst551 19451013.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td></tr></table>
-As LST-551<br/>
+LST-551. Last Day Postal Service, add-on cachet.
-Last Day Postal Service
 <!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->
+<!-- ============== -->
+<!-- POSTMARK ENTRY -->
+<!-- ============== -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
+USPO Slogan<br/>Machine Postmark<br/><br/>Norfolk, VA
+</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
+-04-20
+</td><td align="center" width="350">
+[[Image:JohnGermann_Chesterfield County_LST551_19640420_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td align="center" width="120">
+</td></tr></table>
+The cover was posted while the ship was in reserve. The ship had no postal facilities.
+<!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->
 <!-- ********************************************** -->
 <!-- Postmarks from 2nd Commissioning Period        -->
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-<hr/>
+<br/><hr/>
 <h4>2nd Commissioning December 21 1965 to June 1 1970</h4>
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 <br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
 <tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
-NO POSTMARKS<br/>REPORTED
+POSTMARK TYPE
 </td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
 POSTMARK DATE
 </td><td align="center" width="350">
-<!--[[Image:CLOSEUP_IMAGE_NAME|thumb|center|300px]]-->
+[[Image:CLOSEUP_IMAGE_NAME|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td align="center" width="120">
-<!--[[Image:FULLSIZE_IMAGE_NAME|thumb|center|100px]]-->
+N/A
 </td></tr></table>
 Note:
 <!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
 <h3>Other Information</h3>
-LST-551 earned one battle star for World War II service<br/>*
+USS LST-551 / CHESTERFIELD COUNTY earned the American Campaign Medal, the European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 Battle star, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Europe clasp), the National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 2 Campaign stars, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation Ribbon and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
-Invasion of southern France August 14 to September 7 1944<br/><br/>
+'''NAMESAKE''' - Named for counties in South Carolina and Virginia.
-CHESTERFIELD COUNTY earned two campaign stars for Vietnam service<br/>*
-Vietnamese Counteroffensive<br/>
-March 3-7 1966<br/>
-May 10-13 1966<br/>
-June 11-30 1966<br/>*
-Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II<br/>
-July 1 to August 22 1966<br/>
-October 6-13 and 30-31 1966<br/>
-December 1-15 1966<br/>
-December 23 1966 to January 1 1967<br/>
-January 17-26 1967<br/><br/>
-Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
-American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Europe clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3-Dominican Republic) - Vietnam Service Medal (2) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal<br/><br/>
-'''NAMESAKE''' - Chesterfield County, Virginia
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