ELIZABETH C STANTON AP 69

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.

Elizabeth C. Stanton Class Transport Built 1939 as Maritime Commission type (C3) hull Launched 22 December 1939 as "SS SEA STAR" Operated by Moore McCormick Lines Acquired by U.S. Navy 13 September 1942 USS ELIZABETH C. STANTON AP-69 Commissioned Transport (AP) 17 September 1942 Decommissioned 3 April 1946 Struck from Naval Register 17 April 1946 "SS MORMACSTAR" - Transferred-Redelivered to Moore McCormack Lines Inc., 3 April 1946 & renamed "SS JACQUELINE SOMECK" - Sold to Peninsular Navigation Corp, 14 February 1961, renamed Resold to Moore McCormack Lines Inc., 18 December 1963 "SS NATIONAL SEAFARER" - Resold to Windward Steam Ship Corp., 28 February 1964, renamed Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in September 1967 for scrapping in Japan

Naval Covers

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1. USS Elizabeth C. Stanton AP-69 Covers Page 1     (1943-44)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 3z (BTT)

1943-08-07

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Locy Type 9efu

1945-08-15

Official Mail cover, backside. Courtesy of the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

Locy Type 9efu

1945-08-15

Official Mail cover, front side.

 

Other Information

USS ELIZABETH C. STANTON earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the Europe, Africa Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 4 Campaign stars, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 Campaign star, the World War II Victory Medal and the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Elizabeth Cady Stanton (November 12 1815 - October 2 1902)
Stanton was one of the foremost leaders in the American suffragist movement and a well-known abolitionist. She authored a resolution which, when accepted by a meeting in Seneca Falls, N.Y., in 1848, became the first organized demand in The United States by women for the ballot. She served as president of the National Woman Suffrage Association from 1865 to 1893. Mrs. Stanton died in New York, N.Y., October 2 1902.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Richard J. Welch.

 

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