PVT JOSE F VALDEZ T-AG 169

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.

Miscellaneous Auxiliary (Technical Research Ship) Keel Laid 22 April 1944, as MV JOE P. MARTINEZ Launched 27 October 1944 as MV ROUND SPLICE Transferred to the American Shipbuilding Co., for completion 15 December 1944 Completed and delivered to WSA 5 July 1945 USAT PVT. JOSE F. VALDEZ Acquired by the US Army, 12 July 1945 and commissioned USNS PVT. JOSE F. VALDEZ T-APC-119 Acquired by the US Navy, 2 September 1950 and placed in service Returned to the MARAD 22 December 1959 Withdrawn from reserve, transferred to USN 29 August 1961, converted to a Technical Research Ship USNS PVT. JOSE F. VALDEZ T-AG-169 Placed in service (date unknown) Placed out of service, date unknown Transferred to MARAD 7 November 1969 Struck from the Naval Register 15 August 1976 Sold for scrapping 27 July 1977

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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Locy Type 2(n) USS Ashland LSD 1

1969-10-23

N/A

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Private First Class Jose F. Valdez , U.S. Army, Company B, 7th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division.
    Valdez (January 3, 1925 - February 17, 1945) was a United States Army soldier who posthumously received the Medal of Honor — the United States' highest military decoration — for his actions near Rosenkranz, France, in the Battle of the Colmar Pocket during World War II.

 

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