DuPAGE APA 41

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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 as "SS Sea Hound" a MC type (C3-S-2A) hull
    Designated a Naval Transport AP-86
    Launched November 6 1942
    Redesignated Attack Transport APA-41 February 1 1943

  1. USS DuPAGE APA-41
    Commissioned (Partial) February 28 1943 - Decommissioned March 17 1943
    Recommissioned September 1 1943 - Decommissioned March 28 1946
    Returned to the Maritime Commission June 27 1946 for disposal

    Commercial History
    Acquired by Pope and Talbot Steamship Company in 1946 and renamed "SS P&T Pathfinder"
    Acquired by Moore-McCormick in 1957 and renamed "SS Mormacsun"
    Acquired by Central Gulf Lines in 1964 and renamed "SS Green Port"
    Acquired by States-Marine Line in 1967 and renamed "SS Pine Tree State"
    Scrapped at Kaosiung, Taiwan in May 1973

Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page 1     (1946)

 

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
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
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Date To
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Cover Image



 

Locy Type 2z

1946-01-11
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1946-01-11

Cachet by Louis S. Pentel


 

Return
Address

1946-01-11
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1946-01-11

Backside, close-up view of the ship's return address.

 

Other Information

USS DuPAGE received the following awards during her Naval career - Combat Action Ribbon - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 6 battle stars) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal (3 awards).

NAMESAKE - A county in Illinois.

 


 

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