ALSHAIN T-AKA 55

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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.


    Andromeda Class Amphibious Cargo Ship
    Keel Laid October 29 1943 as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-B1) hull
    Launched January 26 1944
    Acquired U.S. Navy March 31 1944

  1. USS ALSHAIN AKA-55
    Commissioned April 1 1944
    Assigned to the Naval Transportation Service (NTS) 1946
    Transferred to the newly created Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) October 1 1949

  2. USS ALSHAIN T-AKA-55
    Decommissioned January 14 1957

    Struck from Naval Register July 1 1960
    Scrapped 1978

 

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

  1. Covers Page 1     (1945-52)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.

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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
to
Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image

1st Post Office Period March 31 1944 to June 20 1946


 

Locy Type
9efu

1945-09-05
to
1945-09-11

As AKA-55
Mark from back of cover


2nd Post Office Period January 1 1952 to August 15 1955


 

Locy Type
2

1954-11-19

As T-AKA-55


 

Locy Type
9efu

1952-03-18

As AKA-55

 

Other Information

ALSHAIN earned 5 Battle Stars for WWII and 3 Battle Stars for Korean service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (3) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal

NAMESAKE - Named for a star in the constellation Aquila

 


 

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