LSM 218

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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.

    LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium
    Laid down May 24 1944 - Launched July 11 1944

  1. USS LSM-218
    Commissioned August 9 1944 - Decommissioned June 15 1946
    Transferred the Republic of China June 15 1946

    Struck from Naval Register (date unknown)
    Seized October 1949 by Chinese Communist forces
    Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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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)

 

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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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
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Postmark Image
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NO POSTMARKS
REPORTED

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Other Information

LSM-218 earned three battle stars for World War II service
* Luzon operation
Lingayen Gulf landings, January 4-12 1945
* Manila Bay-Bicol operations
Nasugbu, January 31 1945
Mariveles-Corregidor, February 14-28 1945
* Consolidation and capture of the southern Philippines
Mindanao Island landings, March 10 1945
Sulu Archipelago landings, April 2-4 1945

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)


 


 

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