GANYMEDE AK 104

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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 16 May 1943
    Launched 8 June 1943 as "JAMES W. NYE"
    Acquired by U.S. Navy 23 June 1943

  1. USS GANYMEDE AK-104
    Commissioned 31 July 1943 - Decommissioned 15 April 1946

    Struck from Naval Register 1 August 1947
    Delivered to Maritime Commission 1 October 1947
    Sold 19 March 1973 for scrap

Naval Covers

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  1. USS Ganymede AK-104 Covers Page 1     (1943-1946)

 

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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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
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Locy Type 2z

1944-11-28

Censored, sailor's mail


 

Locy Type
9efu

1945-05-11

From the Tom Kean collection.

 

Other Information

USS GANYMEDE earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - The third satellite of the planet Jupiter.

 


 

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