RACCOON IX 127

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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.

    Armadillo Class Mobile Station Tanker
    Ordered as Liberty ship J. C. W. BECHAM
    Renamed October 27 1943
    Keel Laid November 7 1943
    Launched December 23 1943
    Accepted by U.S> Navy January 31 1944

  1. USS RACCOON IX-127
    Commissioned February 1 1944 - Decommissioned July 10 1946
    Returned to WSA July 11 1946, name reverted to J. C. W. BECHAM

    Struck from Naval Register July 31 1946

  2. J. C. W. BECHAM (Commercial Service)
    Sold March 1948 to Intercontinental Shipping Corp.

  3. CHRYSANTHYSTAR
    Sold 1948 to Intercontinental Steamship Corp. and renamed

  4. JUPITER
    Sold 1949 to Orion Shipping & Trading Inc for Jupiter Steamship and renamed

  5. SEARANGER
    Renamed 1951

  6. SARIZA (Panama Registry)
    Sold 1953 to Nueva Granada Armadora SA and renamed

  7. SARA
    Sold 1963 to Sara - Cia Nav Continental SA and renamed

  8. ASIA MARINER (Liberia Registry)
    Sold 1965 to Asia Mariner - United Mariners Line Hong Kong and renamed

    Sold 1968 to Taiwan breakers for scrap

Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page 1     (1944)

 

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
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Locy Type
2z

1944-04-25

Censored Sailor's mail

 

Other Information

RACCOON earned the following awards during her US Navy career - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal.

NAMESAKE - A small tree-climbing mammal of North America, active largely at night.

There have been two ships of the US Navy named RACCOON - USS Raccoon SP-506 and USS Raccoon IX-127.

 

Photo Album

See photos of the ship and various crew members from 1945 in the R.O. Sudduth Collection. The photos in this album were contributed by RO Sudduth's granddaughter, Debbie Richardson.

 


 

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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