TAGANAK AG 45
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.
Cargo Ship Built 1917 as SS WAR SHELL Launched September 29 1917 Acquired by the United States Shipping Board (USSB) Transferred to U.S. Navy for service as a mine carrier Struck from Naval Register (date unknown) Returned to the USSB March 6 1919 Operated as OLYMPIC (Merchant Service) Sold by USSB 1923 to E. K. Wood Lumber Co., San Francisco, CA. Reacquired by U.S. Navy May 23 1942 Struck from Naval Register (date unknown) Sold November 15 1946 to Pillsbury and Martignoni Co., San Francisco, CA. for scrap Resumed her previous name OLYMPIC and put in service November 15 1946 Resold 1947 to the Caribbean Land & Shipping Corp., of Panama and renamed GLENTO Resold 1947 to Sven Dalen A/B, Stockholm, Sweden and renamed PILHAMN Resold 1954 to the Levant Shipping Co. (S.A.L.), Beirut, Lebanon and renamed LULU Scrapped February 1961 at Piraeus, Greece |
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This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).
Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.
- TAGANAK Covers Page 1 (1943-44)
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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Postmark Type |
Postmark Date |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Locy Type |
1943-xx-12 |
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The ship had no postal facilities, so the cover was posted either on another ship or ashore.
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Locy Type |
1946-02-02 |
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The ship had no postal facilities.
Other Information
NAMESAKE - LAKE SHORE - Named after Lake Shore Minnesota
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
World War I Victory Medal (with Transport clasp)
NAMESAKE - TAGANAK - An island in the Philippines.
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal.
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