HAMMONDSPORT AKV 2

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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.

    Kitty Hawk Class Aviation Transport
    Keel Laid January 20 1932
    Launched September 26 1932 as SEATRAIN HAVANA
    Acquired by U.S. Navy December 11 1941 and renamed

  1. USS HAMMONDSPORT APV-2
    Commissioned December 11 1941

  2. USS HAMMONDSPORT AKV-2
    Redesignated Cargo Ship and Aircraft Ferry (AKV) September 15 1943
    Decommissioned March 7 1946

    Struck from Naval Register March 7 1946
    Transferred to Maritime Commission for disposal

  3. SEATRAIN HAVANA
    Resold to Seatrain Lines May 10 1946, reverted to original name
    Sold March 13 1973 to Hua Eng Copper and Iron Industrial Co. Ltd. Taiwan for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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  1. Hammondsport Covers Page 1    (1943)

 

Postmarks

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Killer Bar Text

Date From
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Locy Type
3 (A-BBT)

1946-01-04

As AKV-2
Cachet by Louis S. Pentel


 

Locy Type
3z

1943-10-08

As AKV-2


 

Locy Type
LDPS 3

1946-03-01

As AKV-2
Last Day of Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Other Information

HAMMONDSPORT received the following awards during her Naval career: American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal.

NAMESAKE - A village in New York

 


 

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