ORMSBY APA 49

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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.

    Ormsby Class Attack Transport
    Keel Laid July 21 1942 as TWILIGHT
    Assigned October 5 1942 to U.S. Navy as Naval Transport AP-94
    Launched October 20 1942
    Reclassified Attack Transport (APA) February 1 1943
    Acquired by U.S. Navy March 10 1943

  1. USS ORMSBY APA-49
    Commissioned June 28 1943 - Decommissioned March 15 1946

    Struck from Naval Register April 17 1946
    Returned May 16 1946 to Maritime Commission for disposal

  2. AMERICAN PRODUCER (Commercial Service)
    Acquired by the United States Line and renamed
    Severely damaged March 1969 when she struck the pier at San Francisco

    Scrapped July 1969

Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page 1     (1943)

 

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

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image


 

Locy Type
2z*

1943-08-12

Note:

 

Other Information

ORMSBY earned six battle stars for service in World War II

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)

Individual Awards...
Purple Hearts (2 KIA - Guam, July 21 1944)

NAMESAKE - A county in the state of Nevada

 


 

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