HERCULES AK 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.

    Hercules Class Cargo Ship
    Keel Laid 1939 as Maritime Commission type (C3-E) hull
    Launched July 18 1939 as EXPORTER
    Acquired by U.S. Navy July 15 1941

  1. USS HERCULES AK-41
    Commissioned November 30 1942 - Decommissioned June 28 1946

    Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown)
    Transferred July 18 1946 to Maritime Commission for disposal

  2. EXERMONT (Commercial Service)
    Returned to American Export Lines and renamed

  3. BOSTONIAN
    Sold (Date unknown) and renamed
    Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet 1958

    Scrapped 1971

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     (1944-46)

 

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
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Date To
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Postmark Image
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Locy Type
2rtz

1946-04-18

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Locy Type
3z (BTT)

1944-03-04

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Locy Type
9#
15536 Branch

1946-05-25

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Other Information

HERCULES received five battle stars for World War II service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

NAMESAKE - Hercules, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, was celebrated in Greek mythology for his great strength. He was especially famous for the 12 "Herculean" tasks or "labors" imposed on him as a result of the hatred of Hera, Zeus' jealous wife

 


 

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