HENRY COUNTY LST 824

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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.

    LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship
    Keel Laid 29 September 1944 - Launched 8 November 1944

  1. USS LST-824
    Commissioned 30 November 1944 - Decommissioned 15 May 1946

  2. USS HENRY COUNTY LST-824
    Named 1 July 1955
    Recommissioned 5 September 1959 - Decommissioned 29 August 1969

    Struck from Naval Register 11 April 1975

  3. KD SRI BANGGI A-1501 (Malaysian Naval Service)
    Transferred to Malaysia 1 October 1976 & renamed

Naval Covers

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  1. USS LST-824 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)
  2. USS Henry County LST-824 Covers Page 1     (1959-1969)

 

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.


 

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Other Information

USS LST-813 / USS HENRY COUNTY earned the Combat Action Ribbon (2 awards), 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/ 4 Campaign stars), the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation Ribbon (3 awards) and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Counties in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Harry W. Groot.

There have been two ships of the US Navy named HENRY COUNTY - USS HENRY COUNTY IX-34 and USS HENRY COUNTY LST-824.

 


 

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