VEGA AK 17

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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.

    Sirus Class Cargo Ship
    Keel Laid July 8 1918
    Launched July 18 1919 as LEBANON
    Delivered to United States Shipping Board September 8 1919
    Acquired U.S. Navy December 2 1921 and renamed

  1. USS VEGA AK-17
    Commissioned December 21 1921 - Decommissioned January 15 1946

    Struck from Naval Register March 12 1946
    Transferred July 1 1946 to Maritime Commission for disposal

    Sold August 6 1946 to National Metals and Steel Corp. for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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  1. Cover Page 1    (1922-44)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
to
Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image

Post Office Established March 29 1922 - Disestablished November 18 1945


 

Locy Type
2z

1944-11-09

Censored Sailor Mail, Ship's name in return address


 

Locy Type
3 (BC-BBT)

"SAN DIEGO /
CALIF"

1937-12-21

16th Anniversary, cachet by Ted Harrington


 

Locy Type
3 (BC-BBT)

"SAN DIEGO /
CALIF"

1937-12-25

Christmas Day, cachet by Walter G. Crosby


 

Locy Type
3 (BC-BBT)

1938-03-15

Notes:


 

Locy Type
3 (BC-BTT)

1935-01-01

Notes: Person Commemorative - Paul Revere


 

Locy Type
3 (B)

"ST PAUL /
UNALASKA"

1940-08-15

Alaska Cruise. Cachet by M. Fay Muridge, Sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS


 

Locy Type
3r

1930-12-02

Straightline date used


 

Locy Type
3r

1931-08-26

Note:


 

Locy Type
3rs

1922-07-03

Notes:


 

Locy Type
3z

1942-04-03

Censored wartime (WWII) use


 

Locy Type
5hks

1937-06-25

Note:


 

Locy Type
5hks

"PHILA PA. /
NYD"

1940-11-04

Navy Day cachet by John Alden. "Navy Day 1940" has been blacked out on the cachet.


 

Locy Type
5hks

1940-12-25

Christmas Day (cover back), Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson


 

Locy Type
5hks

1940-12-25

Christmas Day, cachet by Walter Lupton


 

Locy Type
9r

1927-12-22
to
1927-12-26

Mark from back of cover


 

Locy Type
9v

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. V-4a

1940-12-25

Christmas Day, cachet by Walter Lupton


 

Locy Type
9x

1940-12-25

Christmas Day, cachet by Walter Lupton


 

Locy Type
F Aug 12, 1935

"NAVY YARD /
BOSTON, MASS."

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. CD-2

1935-08-12

Fancy Christmas Day 1940. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. V-4b

1940-12-25

Fancy Christmas Day 1940. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Other Information

VEGA earned 4 Battle Stars for WWII service
* Pearl Harbor - Midway
Honolulu Harbor, December 7 1941
* Marianas operation
Capture and occupation of Saipan, July 25-31 1944
Capture and occupation of Guam, August 1-15 1944
* Western Caroline Islands operation
Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, September 6 to October 14 1944
* Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, June 13-14 1944

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, December 7 1941) - American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - Named for a star of the first magnitude in constellation Lyra used frequently by navigators

 


 

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