LST 618: 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-618
Commissioned June 3 1944 - Decommissioned October 24 1946
Transferred to U.S. Army custody

Struck from Naval Register December 23 1947
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 incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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 incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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

NO POSTMARKS
REPORTED

POSTMARK DATE

Note: Type # (Br. #16032) device prepared but never used

Other Information

LST-618 earned three battle stars for World War II service
* Leyte operation
Leyte landings October 23 to November 18 1944
* Luzon operation
Lingayen Gulf landings January 4-17 1945
* Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines
Mindanao Island landings March 1-2 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) - Philippine Liberation 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.

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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>[[USS LST-618_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1944)</li>
 </ol>
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
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 Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
 </th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
-Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
+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>
+<!-- ********************************************** -->
+<!-- Postmarks from 1st Commissioning Period        -->
+<!-- ********************************************** -->
+<!--  this part is commented out unless / until needed
+<hr/>
+<h4>1st Commissioning [start date] to [end date]</h4>
+-->
 <!-- ============== -->
 <!-- POSTMARK ENTRY -->
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 <br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
 <tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
-NO POSTMARKS REPORTED
+NO POSTMARKS<br/>REPORTED
 </td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
-DATE FROM
+POSTMARK DATE
-<br/>to<br/>
+</td><td align="center" width="350">
-DATE TO
+<!--[[Image:CLOSEUP_IMAGE_NAME|thumb|center|300px]]-->
-</td><td align="center" width="320">
-N/A
 </td><td align="center" width="120">
-N/A
+<!--[[Image:FULLSIZE_IMAGE_NAME|thumb|center|100px]]-->
 </td></tr></table>
+Note:
+<!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->
 Type # (Br. #16032) device prepared but never used
-<!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
 <h3>Other Information</h3>
-LST-618 earned three battle stars for World War II service<br/><br/>
+LST-618 earned three battle stars for World War II service<br/>*
+Leyte operation<br/>
+Leyte landings October 23 to November 18 1944<br/>*
+Luzon operation<br/>
+Lingayen Gulf landings January 4-17 1945<br/>*
+Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines<br/>
+Mindanao Island landings March 1-2 1945<br/><br/>
 Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
 China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal