ALBIREO AK 90

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.

JOHN G. NICOLAY (U.S. Liberty Ship)
Acquired by U.S. Navy March 9 1943
USS ALBIREO AK-90
Commissioned March 29 1943 - Decommissioned July 5 1946
JOHN G. NICOLAY (Maritime Commission)
Returned to Maritime Commission for disposal, name restored

Struck from Naval Register July 31 1946
SS PRESIDENT STEYN (South African Registry)
Sold August 1947 to Southern Steamships (Pty) Ltd, Johannesburg and renamed
Sold 1949 to Northern Steamships (Pty) Ltd, Johannesburg
SS HILDALGO (Liberian Registry)
Sold 1951 to Cia Nav Hidalgo SA, Panama RP, and renamed
SS OCEAN SAILOR (Liberian Registry)
Sold 1954 to Blue Bay SS Corp. and renamed

Sold April 10 1967 to Japanese breakers

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.

Covers Page 1 (DATE RANGE)

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.

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

Post Office Established January 15 1945 - Disestablished June 17 1946

Locy Type
2z

1945-03-27

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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)

NAMESAKE - The star in the constellation Cygnus which represents the head of the swan

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