LAURENTIA AF 44

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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.

    Adria Class Stores Ship
    Keel Laid October 23 1944
    Launched December 12 1944 as WALL and CROWN
    Acquired by U.S. Navy May 19 1945 and renamed

  1. USS LAURENTIA AF-44
    Commissioned June 5 1945 - Decommissioned June 18 1946
    Transferred November 6 1946 to U.S. Army Transportation Service
    Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown)

  2. USAT WALL and CROWN
    Commissioned November 6 1946 - Decommissioned 1950
    Re-acquired by U.S. Navy July 1 1950 Naval name restored
    Assigned to Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS)

  3. USNS LAURENTIA T-AF-44
    Placed In Service July 1 1950 - Out of Service December 2 1969
    Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay group

    Struck from Naval Register April 28 1970
    Sold July 10 1973 to China Dismantled Vessel Training Corp. for scrap

Naval Covers

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  1. T-AF-44 Covers Page 1     (1967)

 

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

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
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Cover Image


 

Locy Type 2(n)

USS Sandoval
APA 194

1967-11-19

N/A

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. ->

 

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) - National Defense Service Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal

NAMESAKE - A Star

 


 

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