EPPING FOREST MCS 7

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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.

    Ashland Class Dock Landing Ship
    Authorized as Mechanized Artillery Transport APM-4
    Reclassified Dock Landing Ship (LSD) July 1 1941
    Keel Laid November 23 1942 - Launched April 2 1943

  1. USS EPPING FOREST LSD-4
    Commissioned October 11 1943 - Decommissioned March 25 1947
    Placed in Reserve at Long Beach CA.
    Recommissioned December 1 1950

  2. USS EPPING FOREST MCS-7
    Redesignated Mine Countermeasures Support Ship (MCS) November 30 1962
    Decommissioned November 1 1968

    Struck from Naval Register November 1 1968
    Sold October 30 1969 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.

  1. Covers Page 1     (1946-63)

 

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
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Killer Bar Text

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


 

Locy Type
2z

1946-04-04

As LSD-4


 

Locy Type
9efu

1946-04-02

As LSD-4


 

Locy Type P
(used after POD)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. E-22

1946-10-25

As LSD-4
Post office discontinued 1946-08-14


 

Locy Type
LDPS P

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. E-22

1946-08-10

As LSD-4
Last Day Postal Service


2nd Commissioning December 1 1950 to November 1 1968


 

Locy Type
FDPS 2

1951-03-12

As LSD-4
First Day Postal Service


 

Locy Type
2

1955-06-27

As LSD-4


 

Locy Type
2

1963-09-24

As MCS-7


 

Locy Type
9efu

1955-06-27

As LSD-4

 

Other Information

EPPING FOREST earned eight battle stars for World War II service, five battle stars for Korean War service and six campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (8) - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (5) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (6-Vietnam) - Vietnam Service Medal (6) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal

NAMESAKE - An estate in Lancaster County, Va., where Mary Ball Washington, mother of George Washington was born

 


 

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