FRESNO LST 1182

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.

LST-1179 Newport Class Tank Landing Ship Keel Laid 16 December 1967 - Launched 28 September 1968 USS FRESNO LST-1182 Commissioned 22 November 1969 - Decommissioned 8 April 1993 Struck from Naval Register 1 December 2008 Sunk 15 September 2014 as a target ship "Exercise Valiant Shield 2014".

Naval Covers

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1. USS Fresno LST-1182 Covers Page 1     (1969-1993)

 

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.

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

 

Locy Type FDC 2(n+)(USS)

1969-11-22

Commissioning, cachet by Morris W. Beck.

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)

1977-10-01

Note:

 

Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS,USN)

1982-05-18

Note:

 

Locy Type LDC 2-1ptnu (USN,USS)

1993-04-08

Last Day in Commission, cachet by Paul Nitchman, sponsored by the USS Los Angeles Chapter No. 97, USCS. Courtesy of the Rich Hoffner collection.

 

Locy Type LDC 9-1tnu (USN,USS)

1993-04-08

Last Day in Commission, cachet by Paul Nitchman, sponsored by the USS Los Angeles Chapter No. 97, USCS. Courtesy of the Rich Hoffner collection.

 

Locy Type LDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-54

(1993-04-08)

Last Day in Commission, cachet by Paul Nitchman, sponsored by the USS Los Angeles Chapter No. 97, USCS. Courtesy of the Rich Hoffner collection.

 

Other Information

USS FRESNO earned the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal (w/ 2 Campaign stars) and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A city and county in California.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Marilyn Hyde, the wife of the mayor of Fresno, California.

Three ships of the US Navy have borne the name FRESNO - USS Fresno SP-3063, USS Fresno CL-121 and USS Fresno LST-1182.

 

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