MEDEA AKA 31: Difference between revisions

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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.

USS MEDEA AKA-31
Commissioned January 10 1945 - Decommissioned April 24 1946

Struck from Naval Register October 15 1946
Returned to Maritime Commission October 27 1946

Scrapped 1965

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.

USS Medea AKA-31 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 --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

Locy Type
2z

1946-03-13

The ship postmark was identified by the accompanying #9 cancel.

Locy Type 9#
15493 Branch

1946-03-13

Note: This postmark was applied to a slip of paper and enclosed inside this cover.

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-72

1945-09-02

Strike has additional wording added

Other Information

USS MEDEA earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 Battle star, the World War II Victory Medal and the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - In Greek mythology, the enchantress who helped Jason win the Golden Fleece.

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

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 <td valign="top">
 <ol>Artemis Class Attack Cargo Ship<br/>
-Keel Laid August 5 1944 as Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BE1) hull<br/>
+Keel Laid August 5 1944 - Launched November 30 1944<br/><br/>
-Launched November 30 1944<br/><br/>
 <li>'''USS MEDEA AKA-31'''<br/>
 Commissioned January 10 1945 - Decommissioned April 24 1946<br/><br/>
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 range for covers on that page.
 <ol>
-<li>[[USS MEDEA AKA-31_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1945)</li>
+<li>[[USS MEDEA AKA-31_Covers_Page_1 | USS Medea AKA-31 Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1945)</li>
 </ol>
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
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 Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
 </th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
-Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
+Postmark<br/>Date</th>
-<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
+<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
-<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
+<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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 -03-13
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-[[Image:JohnGermann_Medea_AKA31_19460313_2a_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+[[Image:JohnGermann_Medea_AKA31_19460313_2a_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
 </td><td align="center" width="120">
-[[Image:JohnGermann_Medea_AKA31_19460313_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+[[Image:JohnGermann_Medea_AKA31_19460313_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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-Note:
+Note: This postmark was applied to a slip of paper and enclosed inside this cover.
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 <br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
 <tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
-Locy Type F<br/><br/>USCS Catalog<br/>Illustration<br/>M-72
+Locy Type F<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. M-72
 </td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
 -09-02
-<br/>to<br/>
+</td><td align="center" width="350">
--09-02
-</td><td align="center" width="320">
 [[Image:JonBurdett medea aka31 19450902 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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 <p>&nbsp;</p>
 <h3>Other Information</h3>
-MEDEA received one battle star for World War II service<br/><br/>
+USS MEDEA earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 Battle star, the World War II Victory Medal and the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
-Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
+'''NAMESAKE''' - In Greek mythology, the enchantress who helped Jason win the Golden Fleece.
-American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)<br/><br/>
-'''NAMESAKE''' - In Greek mythology, the enchantress who helped Jason win the Golden Fleece
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