HERMITAGE LSD 34

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.

Thomaston Class Dock Landing Ship Keel Laid November 4 1955 - Launched June 21 1956 USS HERMITAGE LSD-34 Commissioned December 14 1956 - Decommissioned October 2 1989 Struck from Naval Register January 24 2001 CEARA G-30 (Brazilian Naval Service) Loaned to Brazil and renamed Sold outright to Brazil January 24 2001

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1957-84)

 

Postmarks

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

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Post Office Established December 15 1956 - Disestablished September 1 1989

 

Locy Type FDPS 2t(n+u)

1956-12-15

First Day Postal Service/Commission, cachet by Louis S. Pentel.

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1969-11-22

Welcome to Norfolk ARC ALMIRANTE PADILLA, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1971-03-06

Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (MhCachets)

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-70

1957-07-02

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Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-70a

1967-02-11

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Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D1,USS)

1982-08-15

USCS Postmark Catalog lists as Type 2n (D1,USS)...Parenthesis and hyphen are clearly present.

 

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

1984-08-23

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Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS)

1975-10-28

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

1984-06-12

Ship's cachet

 

Other Information

HERMITAGE earned the following awards during her Naval career - Combat Action Ribbon - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon - Navy Expeditionary Medal (4) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (5) - Vietnam Service Medal - Humanitarian Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.

NAMESAKE - Hermitage is the name of President Andrew Jackson's famed estate just outside of Nashville, Tenn. Acquired by Jackson in 1788, the land was improved with a series of one floor log cabins by 1805. In 1819 Jackson built on the site a two story brick home with one story wings, one of which extended in the rear to form an ell. Hermitage was razed by fire in 1822 but rebuilt and today stands, a national shrine, exactly as it was when Jackson lived there. The seventh President of the United States died at the Hermitage 8 June 1845.

Two ships of the US Navy have been named HERMITAGE - USS Hermitage AP-54 and USS Hermitage LSD-34.

 

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