ORIZABA AP 24

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.

Transport
Keel Laid 1918 as SS ORIZABA for the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Co (aka Ward Line)

Commandeered by the United States Shipping Board (USSB) before completion and converted to a troop transport
Acquired by U.S. Navy April 11 1918


1. USS ORIZABA ID-1536
Commissioned May 27 1918 - Decommissioned September 4 1919
Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown)


2. USAT ORIZABA
Turned over to War Department as U.S. Army Transport


3. SS ORIZABA (Passenger Liner)
Returned to the Ward Line in 1920
Purchased by the U.S. Maritime Commission on behalf of the U.S. Army on 27 February 1941


4. USAT ORIZABA
   Transferred to U.S. Navy June 4 1941
   
   
5. USS ORIZABA AP-24
Commissioned Transport (AP) June 15 1941
Decommissioned April 23 1945
Struck from Naval Register July 20 1953


6. DUQUE de CAXIS U-11 (Brazilian Naval Service)
Transferred to Brazil July 16 1945 and renamed
Sold to Brazil under the Military Assistance Program June 1953
Struck from Brazilian Navy 1960

Scrapped in 1963

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1941-42)

 

Postmarks

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

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Military Post Office Soldiers Mail Hoboken NJ (faint marking)

1919-02-21

A YMCA "Returning Home" card for doughboys.

 

USPO Machine Cancel "Hud(son) Term(inal) Sta(tion)" New York

1931-06-30

No Image

SS ORIZABA sailing with the "New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Co."

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2nd Commissioning June 15 1941 to April 23 1945

 

Locy Type FDPS 3

1941-11-22

First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson.

 

Locy Type 3rtz (BTT)

1942-10-28

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Other Information

ORIZABA earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the World War I Victory Medal (with Transport clasp), the American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp), the American Campaign Medal, the Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1 Battle Star), the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named after the town of Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico

 

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