VINTON AKA 83

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.

Tolland Class Attack Cargo Ship Keel Laid June 20 1944 as Maritime Commission type (C2-S-AJ3) hull Launched August 25 1944 Acquired by U.S. Navy September 7 1944 USS VINTON AKA-83 Commissioned February 23 1945 - Decommissioned March 16 1946 Returned to Maritime Commission March 17 1946 Struck from Naval Register June 5 1946 GULF SHIPPER (Commercial Service) Sold 1946 to Gulf and South American Steamship Co. and renamed PRESIDENT HARDING (Commercial Service) Sold September 23 1964 to American President Lines, Inc and renamed AMERICA BEAR (Commercial Service) Sold September 29 1966 to Pacific Far East Lines and renamed COLUMBIA BEAVER (Commercial Service) Sold 1969 to Columbia Steamship Co. and renamed Scrapped 1971

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

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.
 
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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

1946-03-05 to 1946-03-05

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Locy Type 9# 15580 Branch

1946-04-10

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Other Information

VINTON earned one battle star for World War II service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - A county in southern Ohio

 

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