DRACO AK 79

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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.

    Crater Class Cargo Ship
    Keel Laid (Date unknown)
    Launched January 19 1943 as JOHN M. PALMER
    Acquired by U.S. Navy January 31 1943 and renamed

  1. USS DRACO AK-79
    Commissioned February 16 1943 - Decommissioned November 28 1945
    Returned to Maritime Commission on the same day for disposal

    Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page 1    (1945)

 

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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.
 

POSTMARK TYPE DATE FROM
to
DATE TO
THUMBNAIL LINK TO
CLOSE-UP IMAGE
THUMBNAIL LINK TO
FULL COVER IMAGE

Post Office Established April 16 1943 - Disestablished November 25 1945


 

Locy Type
3z

1945-05-11

Note:
 

Locy Type
9efu

1945-11-21

Note:
 

Locy Type
LDC P Nov 27, 1945

"U.S.S. DRACO /
NORFOLK, VA"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. D-33

1945-11-27

Last Day of Postal Service - Decommissioning

 

Other Information



DRACO earned 2 Battle Stars (WWII)
* Marianas operation
Capture and occupation of Guam, July 27 to August 9 1944
* Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, June 26-30 1945

NAMESAKE - Named for a northern constellation

 


 

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