SHELIAK AKA 62

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.

Andromeda Class Attack Cargo Ship Keel Laid June 19 1944 - Launched October 17 1944 Delivered November 30 1944 USS SHELIAK AKA-62 Commissioned December 1 1944 - Decommissioned May 10 1946 Laid up May 11 1946 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group Struck from Naval Register May 21 1946 PIONEER ISLE (Commercial Service) Leased to the United States Lines February 22 1948 and renamed Purchased by the United States Lines August 12 1948 AUSTRALIAN ISLE Sold to the Farrell Lines, Inc. July 1965 and renamed TRANSLUNA Sold to Windsor Maritime Co. July 2 1969 and renamed Sold November 13 1969 to Keun Hwa Iron & Steel Works for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (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.

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

 

Locy Type 2z

1946-03-12

Note:

 

Locy Type 9# (Br. #15276)

1946-03-12

Marking from back of cover

 

Locy Type LDC RECD USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-114

1946-05-10

Last Day in Commission, cachet by George Neumann

 

Other Information

SHELIAK earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 1 battle star) and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - An astronomical body.

 

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