GRIGGS APA 110

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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.

    Windsor Class Attack Transport
    Keel Laid (Date unknown) - Launched May 26 1944
    Acquired by U.S. Navy December 13 1944

  1. USS GRIGGS APA-110
    Commissioned December 14 1944 - Decommissioned May 27 1946
    Returned to War Shipping Administration May 28 1946

    Struck from Naval Register June 19 1946

  2. MORMACREY (Commercial Service)
    Sold to Moore-McCormack Lines April 21 1948 and renamed
    Sold to Grace Lines August 1966

  3. SANTA ALICIA
    Renamed November 30 1966

    Sold April 2 1973 for scrap

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     (1945)

 

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


 

Locy Type
2z

1945-06-04

Note:


 

Locy Type
9#

(Br. #15290)

1945-08-12
to
1945-08-27

Mark from back of cover


 

Locy Type SLK

1946-05-28

Although stamped "Last Day In Commission", this cover was dated the day after the LDC.

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

NAMESAKE - A county in North Dakota.

 


 

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