LST 510: Difference between revisions

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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.

USS LST-510
Commissioned January 31 1944 - Decommissioned July 1 1946
Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group
BUNCOMBE COUNTY LST-510
Named BUNCOMBE COUNTY LST-510 on July 1 1955 while in reserve

Struck from Naval Register November 1 1958
VIRGINIA BEACH (Ferryboat)
Sold 1959-60 to Chesapeake Bay Ferry District Norfolk, VA, converted into RO/RO ferry, and renamed
CAPE HENLOPEN (Ferryboat)
Sold in 1964-65 to Delaware River and Bay Authority and renamed
IMO Number: 5381978

Sold in 1975 to Mascony Transport and Ferry Service. Name retained
Purchased 1983 by Cross Sound Ferry Services Inc. New London, CT

Operating as Ferry between New London, CT. and Orient Point on Long Island, NY

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.

Covers Page 1 (1944)

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

Locy Type
2z

1944-04-15

Note:

Other Information

LST-510 received one battle star for World War II service
* Invasion of Normandy June 6-25 1944

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

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.

@@ Line 22: / Line 22: @@
 <li>'''USS LST-510'''<br/>
 Commissioned January 31 1944 - Decommissioned July 1 1946<br/>
-Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group<br/>
+Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group<br/><br/>
-Named BUNCOMBE COUNTY July 1 1955, While in reserve<br/><br/>
+<li>'''BUNCOMBE COUNTY LST-510'''<br/>
+Named BUNCOMBE COUNTY LST-510 on July 1 1955 while in reserve<br/><br/>
 Struck from Naval Register November 1 1958<br/><br/>
-<li>'''VIRGINIA BEACH''' (Commercial Service)<br/>
+<li>'''VIRGINIA BEACH''' (Ferryboat)<br/>
-Sold 1960-61 to Chesapeake Bay Ferry District Norfolk, VA and renamed<br/><br/>
+Sold 1959-60 to Chesapeake Bay Ferry District Norfolk, VA, converted into RO/RO ferry, and renamed<br/><br/>
-<li>'''CAPE HENLOPEN'''<br/>
+<li>'''CAPE HENLOPEN''' (Ferryboat)<br/>
 Sold in 1964-65 to Delaware River and Bay Authority and renamed<br/>
+IMO Number: 5381978<br/><br/>
+Sold in 1975 to Mascony Transport and Ferry Service. Name retained<br/>
 Purchased 1983 by Cross Sound Ferry Services Inc. New London, CT<br/><br/>
 Operating as Ferry between New London, CT. and Orient Point on Long Island, NY
-</ol></td>
+</ol>
-<p> </p>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
 <h3>Naval Covers</h3>
@@ Line 45: / Line 48: @@
 range for covers on that page.
 <ol>
-<li><!-- [[PAGE_NAME_Covers_Page_1 | --> Covers Page 1 <!-- ]] -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(DATE RANGE)</li>
+<li> [[USS LST-510_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1944)</li>
 </ol>
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
@@ Line 70: / Line 73: @@
 </th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
 Postmark<br/>Date</th>
-<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
+<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
 <th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
 </tr></table>
@@ Line 80: / Line 83: @@
 <br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
 <tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
-NO LST-510 POSTMARKS<br/>AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME
+Locy Type<br/>2z
 </td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
-DATE FROM
+-04-15
-<br/>to<br/>
+</td><td align="center" width="350">
-DATE TO
+[[Image:JonBurdett lst510 19440415 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
-</td><td align="center" width="320">
-<!--[[Image:CLOSEUP_IMAGE_NAME|thumb|center|300px]]-->
 </td><td align="center" width="120">
-<!--[[Image:FULLSIZE_IMAGE_NAME|thumb|center|100px]]-->
+[[Image:JonBurdett lst510 19440415.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td></tr></table>
 Note:
@@ Line 95: / Line 96: @@
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
 <h3>Other Information</h3>
-LST-510 received one battle star for World War II service <br/><br/>
+LST-510 received one battle star for World War II service <br/>*
+Invasion of Normandy June 6-25 1944<br/><br/>
 Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
 American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal