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South Vietnam Navy - Vietnam War - Rare Beercan Badge
RVNS Thị Nại (HQ-502) - Formerly USS Cayuga County - LST 529
South Vietnam Navy - Tank Landing Ship
Measures - 2 x 1.6 inches (5 x 4 cms)
HQ 502 Thi Nai – USS CayugaCountry
USS CayugaCounty (LST-529) was an LST-491-class tank landing ship built for the UnitedStates Navy during World War II. Named for Cayuga County, New York.
LST-529 waslaid down on 8 November 1943 at Jeffersonville, Indiana by the JeffersonvilleBoat & Machine Company; launched on 17 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs.Margaret S. Carey; and commissioned on 29 February 1944 with Lieutenant G. L.Moore, USNR, in command.
During WorldWar II, LST-529 was assigned to the European Theater and participated in theInvasion of Normandy in June 1944. On 7 June 1946, she was decommissioned and,as a result of hostilities in Korea, recommissioned on 22 September 1950.
She served inthe Korean War and took part in the following campaigns: U.N. Summer-Falloffensive (July and August 1951); the Second Korean Winter (December 1951through March 1952); and the Korea, Summer 1953 (June and July 1953).Immediately following the Korean War, she continued to serve in the Korean areauntil July 1954. Following her Korean service, she returned to the UnitedStates.
She was namedUSS Cayuga County (LST-529) on 1 July 1955 and was assigned as a logisticsupport ship for the Mariana and Bonin Islands in the late 1950s, remainingthere until decommissioned and transferred to the Republic of Vietnam on 17December 1963, when she was renamed Thi Nai (HQ-502).
Following thefall of Saigon on 29 April 1975 Thi Nai escaped to the Philippines. Transferredto the Philippine Navy 17 November 1975 she was renamed BPR Cotabato Del Sur(LT-87). The ship was scrapped in 2003.
LST-529 earnedone battle star for World War II service and three battle stars for Korean Warservice. As a side note she also appeared in the 1977 disaster movie, Airport77.
I was fortunate to come across a small collection of Beercan pieces some years ago. They all show varying level\'s of use.
Please view. These are in-country, hand cut, hand made pieces.
