ORMSBY APA 49

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.

Ormsby Class Attack Transport Keel Laid 21 July 1942 as SS TWILIGHT Assigned to the Navy as Naval Transport Ormsby AP-94 5 October 1942 Launched 20 October 1942 Reclassified Attack Transport (APA) 1 February 1943 Acquired by US Navy 10 March 1943 USS ORMSBY APA-49 Commissioned 28 June 1943 - Decommissioned 15 March 1946 Struck from Naval Register 17 April 1946 Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 16 May 1946 for disposal Acquired by the United State Line 3 February 1947 Withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet, 11 June 1947, and delivered to United States Line SS PIONEER ISLE (Commercial Service) Name changed to SS Pioneer Isle October 1947 SS AMERICAN PRODUCER (Commercial Service) Name changed to SS American Producer November 1948. Official Number is 254616. Severely damaged when she struck the pier at San Francisco in March 1969, while outbound for Da Nang,Vietnam, with a cargo of bombs. Sold for scrapping 22 May 1969 and scrapped in July

 

Conflicting History Data

NavSource says the ship was named "SS Pioneer Isle" before being named "SS American Producer" while Wikipedia makes no mention of the name "SS Pioner Isle".
Merchant Vessels of the United States 1949 does mention "SS Pioneer Isle" as the first name after "Ormsby (see section "Former Names of Merchant Vessels" on page 601).
Lloyds Register of Shipping does not have an entry for "SS Pioneer Isle" until the 1950 edition, but it is for a different ship.

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Ormsby APA-49 Covers Page 1     (1943)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 2z*

1943-08-12

Official Business.

 

Locy Type 2rtz

1945-06-11

Censored Sailor's mail. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Other Information

USS ORMSBY earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the China Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 6 Battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal w/ Asia clasp, the Philippines Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon and the Philippines Liberation Medal w/ 1 bronze star during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A county in the state of Nevada.

 

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