ELMORE APA 42

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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 SEA PANTHER
    Assigned to U.S. Navy as Transport AP-87
    Launched January 29 1943
    Reclassified Attack Transport (APA) February 1 1943
    Accepted by War Shipping Administration for the Navy March 30 1943

  1. USS ELMORE APA-42
    Placed in Partial Commission March 30 1943 for conversion
    Commissioned (Full) August 25 1943 - Decommissioned March 13 1946

    Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown)
    Returned to Maritime Commission, name restored May 15 1946

  2. SS SEA PANTHER

  3. SS CHINA TRANSPORT
    Sold May 22 1947 to Pacific Transport Lines and renamed

  4. SS OREGON
    Sold to States Marine Lines August 1957 and renamed

  5. SS IDAHO
    Renamed December 30 1959
    Title transferred to Maritime Administration May 20 1966
    Returned to Maritime Administration August 4 1969

    Sold April 13 1971 to American Ship Dismantlers Inc. 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 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     (1944-45)

 

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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Killer Bar Text

Date From
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Locy Type 2z

1944-01-25

Censored wartime (WWII) use


 

Locy Type
2z*

1945-03-12

Note:


 

Locy Type 9efu

1945-10-31

Registered


 

Locy Type 9efu

1945-10-31

Registered

 

Other Information

Earned 8 Battle Stars (WWII)
* Marshall Islands operation, Capture and occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, January 1944
* Bismarck Archipelago operation, Emirau Island landings, April 1944
* Capture and defense of Guadalcanal, April - June 1944
* Marianas operation, Capture and occupation of Guam, July 1944
* Western Caroline Islands operation, Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, September 1944
* Leyte operation, Leyte landings, October 1944
* Luzon operation, Lingayen Gulf landings, January 1945
* Okinawa Gunto operation, Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, April 1945

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (8)
World War II Victory Medal
Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Philippine Liberation Medal (2)

Personal Awards...
Purple Hearts (1-KIA, 5-WIA Leyte)

NAMESAKE - Counties in Alabama and Idaho

 


 

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