NUECES APL 40

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.

Benawah Class Self-propelled Barracks Ship Authorized 17 December 1943 as Barracks Ship (non-self propelled) APL-40 Reclassified Barracks Ship (self-propelled) (APB) 8 August 1944 Keel Laid 2 January 1945 - Launched 6 May 1945 USS NUECES APB-40 Commissioned 30 November 1945 Placed Inactive-in-Commission March 1946 at Green Cove Springs, FL Decommissioned 30 September 1955 Recommissioned 3 May 1968 - Decommissioned 13 March 1970 Assigned 16 April 1970 to NISMF San Diego, CA Assigned to Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, Seattle Berthed 19 August 1974 at WISCO Portland, OR NUECES IX-503 Redesignated Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX) 1 November 1975 Placed In Service as Messing and Berthing Barge Assigned to U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility, Sasebo, Japan NUECES APL-40 Reclassified Barracks Ship (non-self propelled) (APL) 3 July 2001 Currently part of the CincPacFlt Berthing and Messing Program Berthed at SRF Yokosuka, Japan

Naval Covers

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1. USS Nueces APB-40 Covers Page 1     (1946-1969)

 

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.

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

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1st Commissioning 30 November 1945 to 30 September 1955

 

Locy Type FDPS 2

1945-11-30

First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type FDPS 9efu

1945-11-30

First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type 2

1946-04-04

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Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-43

1945-12-25

Christmas 1945

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2nd Commissioning 3 May 1968 to 13 March 1970

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1969-10-27

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Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS)

1969-10-27

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Other Information

USS NUECES earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the Naval Unit Citation (2 awards), the American Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal (w/ 2 Campaign stars), the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation Ribbon (2 awards) and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A county in southern Texas

 

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