CUSTER APA 40

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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.

    Bayfield Class Attack Transport
    Keel Laid (Date unknown) as Maritime Commission type (C3-S-A2) hull
    Launched November 6 1942 as SEA EAGLE
    Assigned to U.S. Navy as Naval Transport (AP)
    Acquired by U.S. Navy January 23 1943

  1. USS CUSTER AP-85
    Placed in Partial Commission January 23 1943 for conversion

  2. USS CUSTER APA-40
    Reclassified Attack Transport (APA) February 1 1943
    Commissioned (Full) July 18 1943 - Decommissioned May 24 1946

    Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown)
    Returned to Maritime Commission September 11 1946 for disposal
    Sold 1948 to Moore Macormack Lines

  3. MORMACMAR
    Placed in Commercial Service

  4. SANTA ANA
    Renamed 1973

    Scrapped 1973

Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page 1     (1944)

 

Postmarks

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A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
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Date To
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Locy Type
2z*

1944-02-27

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Other Information

Earned 6 Battle Stars (WWII)
* Marshall Islands operation, Occupation of Eniwetok Atoll, February 1945
* Marianas operation, Capture and occupation of Saipan, June 1944
- Capture and occupation of Guam, July 1944
* Leyte operation, Leyte landings, October - November 1944
* Luzon operation, Lingayen Gulf landings, January 1945
* Manila Bay-Bicol operation, Zambales-Subic Bay, La Paz landing, January 1945
* Okinawa Gunto operation, Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, April 1945

NAMESAKE - Counties in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and South Dakota

 


 

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