LST 908: 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-908
Commissioned May 8 1944 - Decommissioned July 30 1946

Struck from Naval Register August 26 1946
Sold October 3 1947 to Luria Bros. & Co. Philadelphia, PA for scrap

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

1944-06-11

Censored wartime (WWII) use

Other Information

LST-908 earned four battle stars for World War II service
* Leyte operation
Leyte landings October 18 to November 6 and 19-29 1944
* Manila Bay - Bicol operations
Zambales - Subic Bay January 29-30 1945
* Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto June 26-30 1945

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

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-908_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1944)</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 To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
 <th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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-NO LST-908 POSTMARKS<br/>AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME
+Locy Type<br/>2z
 </td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
-DATE FROM
+-06-11
-<br/>to<br/>
+</td><td align="center" width="350">
-DATE TO
+[[Image:JonBurdett lst908 19440611 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 lst908 19440611.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td></tr></table>
-Note:
+Censored wartime (WWII) use
 <!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
 <h3>Other Information</h3>
+LST-908 earned four battle stars for World War II service<br/>*
+Leyte operation<br/>
+Leyte landings October 18 to November 6 and 19-29 1944<br/>*
+Manila Bay - Bicol operations<br/>
+Zambales - Subic Bay January 29-30 1945<br/>*
+Okinawa Gunto operation<br/>
+Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto June 26-30 1945<br/><br/>
+Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
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