ALUDRA AF 55

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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.

    Alstede Class Stores Ship
    Keel Laid August 1944 as Maritime Commission type (R2-S-BV1) hull
    Launched October 14 1944 as Refrigerated Cargo Ship MATCHLESS
    Delivered by War Shipping Administration to United States Lines March 23 1945
    Returned to Maritime Commission August 1 1949
    Acquired by U.S. Navy November 1950 and converted for Naval service

  1. USS ALUDRA AF-55
    Commissioned June 19 1952 - Decommissioned September 2 1969
    Returned to Maritime Administration (MARAD)
    Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet (Date unknown)
    Withdrawn from National Defense Reserve Fleet January 19 1977

    Sold November 1977

  2. ALEUTIAN MONARCH (Commercial Service)
    Burned and scuttled 1981

Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page 1     (1952-69)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.


 

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Killer Bar Text

Date From
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Locy Type
2r

1952-08-11

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Locy Type
2t(n+u)

1963-01-22

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Locy Type
9efu

1952-08-11

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Locy Type
LDPS 2t(nu)

1969-06-30

Last Day Postal Service

 

Other Information

ALUDRA earned 1 Battle Star for Korea and 5 Battle Stars for Vietnam service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (1) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (4) - Vietnam Service Medal (5) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal

NAMESAKE - Named for a star in the constellation Canis Major

 


 

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