BAHAM AG 71

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 BAHAM AK-122
Placed in Reduced Commission January 1 1944 for conversion
Converted to a combination Repair Distilling and Stores Issuing Ship
USS BAHAM AG-71
Reclassified Basilan Class Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG) March 14 1944
Placed in Full Commission August 18 1944
Decommissioned July 19 1946

Struck from Naval Register May 22 1947
Transferred June 30 1947 to MARCOM for disposal
Sold June 9 1972 for scrap

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 (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.

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

Post Office Established August 10 1944 - Disestablished May 10 1946

Locy Type
2z*

1946-03-24

Cachet by John Coulthard

Locy Type
9efu

1946-03-24

The cancel was applied to the back of the cover. Cachet by John Coulthard

Other Information

USS BAHAM earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) and the Philippines Liberation Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A 3.7 magnitude star in the constellation Pegasus.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Walter F. Rogers.

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