LST 553: 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-553
Commissioned 22 April 1944 - Decommissioned 13 February 1947

Struck from Naval Register 25 April 1947
Transferred to U.S. Army at Yokohama, Japan
Fate unknown

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-553 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

APO 709
Machine Cancel

Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands

1949-06-21

N/A

USAT Service. From the David Kent collection.

Other Information

USS LST-553 earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ six Battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Medal w/ Japan clasp, the Philippines Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon and the Philippine Liberation Medal w/ 2 stars during her Naval career.

The ships sponsor was Miss Agnes L. Maulding.

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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-<ol>LST-511 Class Tank Landing Ship<br/>
+<ol>LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship<br/>
-Keel Laid January 24 1944 - Launched March 16 1944<br/><br/>
+Keel Laid 24 January 1944 - Launched 16 March 1944<br/><br/>
 <li>'''USS LST-553'''<br/>
-Commissioned April 22 1944 - Decommissioned February 13 1947<br/><br/>
+Commissioned 22 April 1944 - Decommissioned 13 February 1947<br/><br/>
-Struck from Naval Register April 25 1947<br/>
+Struck from Naval Register 25 April 1947<br/>
-Transferred to U.S. Army<br/><br/>
+Transferred to U.S. Army at Yokohama, Japan<br/>
 Fate unknown
 </ol></td>
 <td align="center" width="220" valign="top">
-<!-- [[Image:Name_Number_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|125px]] -->
+[[Image:LST_553_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|150px]]
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 range for covers on that page.
 <ol>
-<li><!-- [[PAGE_NAME_Covers_Page_1 | --> Covers Page 1 <!-- ]] -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(DATE RANGE)</li>
+<li><!-- [[LST_553_Covers_Page_1 | -->USS LST-553 Covers Page 1 <!-- ]] -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(DATE RANGE)</li>
 </ol>
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 </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<br/>To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
-<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
+<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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-NO LST-553 POSTMARKS<br/>AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME
+APO 709<br/>Machine Cancel<br/><br/>Guadalcanal<br/>Solomon Islands
 </td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
-DATE FROM
+-06-21
-<br/>to<br/>
+</td><td align="center" width="350">
-DATE TO
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_LST553_19490621_1_Front.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]]-->
+N/A
 </td></tr></table>
-Note:
+USAT Service. From the David Kent collection.
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 <p>&nbsp;</p>
 <h3>Other Information</h3>
-LST-553 earned five battle stars for World War II service<br/><br/>
+USS LST-553 earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ six Battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Medal w/ Japan clasp, the Philippines Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon and the Philippine Liberation Medal w/ 2 stars during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
-Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
+The ships sponsor was Miss Agnes L. Maulding.
-American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)
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