PRESIDENT POLK AP 103

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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.

    President Jackson Class Transport
    Keel Laid October 7 1940 as Maritime Commission type (C3A-P&C) hull
    Launched June 28 1941
    Operated by American President Lines
    Acquired by U.S. Navy September 6 1943

  1. USS PRESIDENT POLK AP-103
    Commissioned October 4 1943 - Decommissioned January 26 1946
    Transferred January 26 1946 to Maritime Commission for return to her owner
    Struck from Naval Register February 25 1946

  2. PRESIDENT POLK
    Returned to Merchant Service
    Operated by American President Lines

  3. GAUCHO MARTIN FIERRO (Liberian Registry)
    Sold to Libera 1965 and renamed
    Fate unknown

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     (1944-45)

 

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.
 
>>> 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
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image


 

USPO Slogan

Honolulu, Hawaii

1940-01-20

As S.S. PRESIDENT POLK
Pursurs Mark



 

Locy Type
2z

1944-03-22

Censored wartime (WWII) use


 

Locy Type
9efu

1945-12-03

Note:

 

Other Information

PRESIDENT POLK earned 6 battle stars for World War II service

NAMESAKE - James Knox Polk (November 2 1795 - June 15 1849)
11th President of The United States

 


 

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