AREQUIPA AF 31
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.
Keel Laid 17 January 1944 - Launched 4 May 1944 Acquired US Navy 19 December 1944 and converted for Naval service |
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 Arequipa AF-31 Covers Page 1 (1947-1948)
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.
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Postmark Type |
Postmark Date |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Post Office Established 5 December 1944 - Disestablished 26 May 1945
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Locy Type SL |
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Free Sailors mail. From the Bob Govern collection.
Other Information
USS AREQUIPA earned the China Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (w/ Asia clasp), the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal (w/ 1 Campaign star), the Philippines Liberation Medal, the United Nations Service Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - A minor planet discovered on 7 December 1912 by J. H. Metcalf and named in honor of the Peruvian city where Harvard Observatory had an observing station.
The ships sponsor was Mrs. L. Osius.
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