HANOVER APA 116

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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 Maritime Commission type (C3-S-A2) hull
    Launched August 18 1944
    Acquired by U.S. Navy March 31 1945

  1. USS HANOVER APA-116
    Commissioned March 31 1945 - Decommissioned May 11 1946
    Returned to Maritime Commission May 12 1946

    Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown)

  2. HAWAIIAN WHOLESALER (Commercial Service)
    Sold 1947 to Matson Navigation Co. and renamed. Ship 'official number' is 252633

  3. VENTURA (#3) (Commercial Service)
    Transferred 1961 to Oceanic Steamship Co, a Matson subsidiary, and renamed

  4. VENTURA (Commercial Service)
    Sold, 21 January 1971, to Pacific Far East Lines, name retained

  5. ENTU (Commercial Service)
    Sold, 6 April 1972, to Excelsior Marine Corp. and renamed

    Sold for scrap to Taiwan in 1972

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.

  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 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
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
to
Date To		 Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image		 Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image


 

Locy Type
2(n)

1945-12-19

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Locy Type
2z

1945-04-23

Note:


 

Locy Type
9ef(nu)

1946-05-07

Note:

 

Other Information

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

NAMESAKE - A county in Virginia

 

There is considerable confusion regarding the ship's history.

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