ST CLAIR COUNTY LST 1096

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-1096
Commissioned February 2 1945 - Decommissioned August 24 1946
Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group
Recommissioned October 3 1950
USS ST. CLAIR COUNTY LST-1096
Named July 1 1955
Decommissioned September 26 1969
Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, Bremerton Group

Struck from Naval Register April 1 1975
Sold December 1 1975 to Max Rouse & Sons Beverly Hills, CA for scrap
LST-5
Resold 1976 to Landing System Technology Pte. Ltd. Singapore and renamed
PETROLA 145 (Greek Registry)
Acquired June 30 1978 by Maritime & Commercial Co. Argonaftis S.A.
Entered Service September 20 1980

Sold for demolition 1988

Naval Covers

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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.

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

Post office established February 1 1945 - Disestablished June 30 1945

NO LST-1096 / ST. CLAIR COUNTY POSTMARKS
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Other Information

LST-1096 earned one battle star for World War II service
* Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, May 8 to June 30 1945

Earned five battle stars for Korean War service
* Communist China Spring Offensive
June 20 to July 8 1951
* UN Summer-Fall Offensive
July 8-12 1951
* Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952
November 27-29 1952
* Third Korean Winter
January 16 to March 1, April 13-26 1953
* Korean Summer-Fall 1953
May 7-17
May 27 to June 11 1953
June 16-17, July 14-17, 23-26 1953

ST. CLAIR COUNTY earned two campaign stars for Vietnam War service
* Vietnam Counteroffensive
February 21-28 1966
June 7 to July 11 1966
* Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase V
July 25 to August 9 1968
November 25 to December 11 1968

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (2-Vietnam, July 23-24 1968 and July 30 1968) - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korea Service Medal (5) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3- Quemoy-Matsu) - Vietnam Service Medal (2) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (5) - Philippine Liberation Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

NAMESAKE - Counties in five states

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