CALAMARES AF 18

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.

Calamares Class Stores Ship Built 1913 as "CALAMARES" Operated by the United Fruit Co. USAT CALAMARES Acquired by U.S. Army from United Fruit Co Transferred to U.S. Navy April 1 1918 and converted for Naval service USS CALAMARES ID-3662 Commissioned April 10 1918 Assigned to Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS) October 11 1918 Converted to Refrigerator Ship Decommissioned September 18 1919 Reacquired by U.S. Navy December 12 1941 Converted to Provisions Stores Ship (AF) USS CALAMARES AF-18 Recommissioned April 10 1943 - Decommissioned April 25 1946 Struck from the Naval Register (Date unknown) Returned to Maritime Commission for disposal Scrapped 1947

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Calamares AF-18 Covers Page 1     (1943)

 

Postmarks

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

 

United Fruit Company Purser's Mark

1932-01-31

As S.S. CALAMARES

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1st Commissioning 10 April 1918 to 18 September 1919

 

Military Post Office Soldiers Mail Hoboken, NJ

1919-04-15 (message date)

A Knights of Columbus "Safe and Sound" card.

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2nd Commissioning 10 April 1943 to 25 April 1946

 

Locy Type 2z + SLb (40x4)

1946-03-28

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Locy Type 9efu

1946-03-28

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Other Information

USS CALAMARES earned the World War I Victory Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Former name retained.

 

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