APPLING APA 58

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.

Gilliam Class Attack Transport Keel Laid (Date unknown) as Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BD1) hull Launched April 9 1944 USS APPLING APA-58 Commissioned August 22 1944 - Decommissioned December 20 1946 Struck from Naval Register April 4 1947 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet March 31 1948 Consigned to Arrow Steamship Co. September 9 1954 Returned to National Defense Reserve Fleet December 12 1954 Scrapped (Date unknown)

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 name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

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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.

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 --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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Post Office Established July 28 1944 - Disestablished February 27 1946

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-02-15

Censored Sailor's mail

 

Locy Type 2z

1946-02-27

Sailor's mail
Cancelled on Last Day of Postal Service

 

Locy Type 2z

1946-12-05

Used after post office deactivation 1946-02-27

 

Locy Type 9efu (used after POD)

1946-12-05

Note:

 

Locy Type 2z

1946-12-19

Note: Cachet is for Last Day of Commissioning but postmarked one day early.

 

Locy Type 2z

1946-12-20

R/S Cachet is for Last Day of Postal Service but it should be Last Day of Commissioning.

 

Other Information

APPLING earned 3 Battle stars for WWII service
* Luzon operation
Lingayen Gulf landings, January 11-12 1945
* Manila Bay-Bicol operation
Zambales-Subic Bay, Lingayen Gulf landings, January 29-30 1945
* Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, April 1-14 1945

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

NAMESAKE - A county in the state of Georgia.

 

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