GANYMEDE AK 104: Difference between revisions

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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.

USS GANYMEDE AK-104
Commissioned 31 July 1943 - Decommissioned 15 April 1946

Struck from Naval Register 1 August 1947
Delivered to Maritime Commission 1 October 1947
Sold 19 March 1973 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).

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.

USS Ganymede AK-104 Covers Page 1 (1943-1946)

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.

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

Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

Locy Type 2z

1944-11-28

Censored, sailor's mail

Locy Type
9efu

1945-05-11

From the Tom Kean collection.

Other Information

USS GANYMEDE earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - The third satellite of the planet Jupiter.

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 <td valign="top">
 <ol>Crater Class Cargo Ship<br/>
-Keel Laid May 16 1943<br/>
+Keel Laid 16 May 1943<br/>
-Launched June 8 1943 as "JAMES W. NYE"<br/>
+Launched 8 June 1943 as "JAMES W. NYE"<br/>
-Acquired by U.S. Navy June 23 1943<br/><br/>
+Acquired by U.S. Navy 23 June 1943<br/><br/>
 <Li>'''USS GANYMEDE AK-104'''<br/>
-Commissioned July 31 1943 - Decommissioned April 15 1946<br/><br/>
+Commissioned 31 July 1943 - Decommissioned 15 April 1946<br/><br/>
-Struck from Naval Register August 1 1947<br/>
+Struck from Naval Register 1 August 1947<br/>
-Delivered to Maritime Commission October 1 1947<br/>
+Delivered to Maritime Commission 1 October 1947<br/>
-Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Group<br/><br/>
+Sold 19 March 1973 for scrap
-Sold March 19 1973 to Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp, Taiwan for scrap
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 range for covers on that page.
 <ol>
-<li>[[USS GANYMEDE AK-104 Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1943)</li>
+<li>[[USS GANYMEDE AK-104 Covers_Page_1 | USS Ganymede AK-104 Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1943-1946)</li>
 </ol>
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
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 Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
 </th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
-Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
+Postmark<br/>Date</th>
-<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
+<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
-<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
+<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
 </tr></table>
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 <br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
 <tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
-Locy Type<br/>2z
+Locy Type 2z
 </td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
 -11-28
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 [[Image:JohnGermann_Ganymede_AK104_19441126_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td></tr></table>
-Note:
+Censored, sailor's mail
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 Locy Type<br/>9efu
 </td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
 -05-11
 </td><td align="center" width="350">
-[[Image:JohnGermann_Ganymede_AK104_19460511_1a_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Ganymede_AK104_19450511_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
 </td><td align="center" width="120">
-[[Image:JohnGermann_Ganymede_AK104_19460511_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Ganymede_AK104_19450511_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td></tr></table>
-This cancel was used after the ship's post office had been officially closed.
+From the Tom Kean collection.
 <!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
 <h3>Other Information</h3>
-Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
+USS GANYMEDE earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
-American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal<br/><br/>
+'''NAMESAKE''' - The third satellite of the planet Jupiter.
-'''NAMESAKE''' - The third satellite of the planet Jupiter
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