AUDRAIN APA 59

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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.

    Gilliam Class Attack Transport
    Keel Laid as Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BD1) hull
    Launched April 21 1944
    Acquired U.S. Navy September 1 1944

  1. USS AUDRAIN APA-59
    Commissioned September 2 1944 - Decommissioned May 15 1946
    Transferred to the Maritime Commission July 25 1947
    Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet

    Struck from Naval Register August 1 1947
    Sold July 11 1972 to National Metal & Steel Corp. Terminal Island, CA. for scrap

 

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    (1945-46)

 

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


 

Locy Type
2z

1945-02-25

Censored wartime (WWII) use


 

Locy Type
9efu (with bars)

1946-02-14

Note:

 

Other Information

AUDRAIN earned 2 Battle Stars for WWII service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)

Personnel Awards...
Purple Hearts (3-WIA, April 6 1945, Okinawa)

NAMESAKE - Named for a county in Missouri


 


 

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 


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