VALENCIA AKA 81

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.

Tolland Class Attack Cargo Ship Keel Laid May 20 1944 - Launched May 22 1944 Acquired by U.S. Navy August 18 1944 USS VALENCIA AKA-81 Commissioned January 9 1945 - Decommissioned May 8 1946 Laid up May 13 1946 in National Defense Reserve Fleet Struck from Naval Register May 21 1946 GENEVIEVE LYKES (Commercial Service) Sold 1947 to Lykes Lines and renamed GOLDEN STSTE Resold 1947 to T. J. Stevenson and Co. Inc. New York and renamed Scrapped May 1970 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

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 2z

1946-04-28

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Other Information

VALENCIA earned one battle star for her World War II service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

NAMESAKE - A county in western New Mexico

 

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