PRESIDENT ADAMS APA 19

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.

President Jackson Class Transport Keel Laid 6 June 1940 - Launched 31 June 1941 Acquired by US Navy 5 June 1941 and converted for Naval service USS PRESIDENT ADAMS AP-38 Commissioned Transport (AP) 19 November 1941 USS PRESIDENT ADAMS APA-19 Redesignated Attack Transport (APA) 1 February 1943 Decommissioned 14 June 1950 Struck from Naval Register 1 October 1958 Scrapped in Taiwan 1974

President John Adams

President John Quincy Adams

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS President Adams AP-38 Covers Page 1     (1941-1943)
2. USS President Adams APA-19 Covers Page 1     (1943-1950)

 

Postmarks

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

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Post Office Established 28 November 1941 - Disestablished 15 March 1950

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 Nov 28, 1941 "FIRST DAY / ISSUE"

1941-11-28

AP-38. First Day of Postal Service and Censored. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 2tnu

1950-03-14

APA-19. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)

1941-12-04

AP-38

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)

1947-01-09

APA-19

 

Locy Type 9v

1947-01-09

APA-19

 

Locy Type 9efw

1941-12-05

AP-38

 

Locy Type 9efw

1947-01-09

APA-19

 

Locy Type 9x

1947-01-09

APA-19

 

Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-45

1943-08-09

APA-19. Censored WWII use

 

Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-45a

c 1944

APA-19. Censored Artcraft patriotic cachet. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Other Information

USS PRESIDENT ADAMS earned the China Service Medal, the American Defense Service Medal (w/ Fleet clasp), the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 9 Battle stars), the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (w/ Asia clasp), the Philippines Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon and the Philippines Liberation Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named for Founding Father John Adams and his son, John Quincy Adams, the second and sixth Presidents of the United States.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Robert H. Jackson, wife of Robert H. Jackson, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

 

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