SUSAN B ANTHONY AP 72

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.

Susan B. Anthony Class Transport Built 1930 Launched March 1930 as SANTA CLARA Delivered to Grace Steamship Company Acquired by U.S. Navy August 7 1942 and renamed SUSAN B. ANTHONY AP-72 Commissioned September 7 1942 SUNK (mine) June 7 1944 off the "Omaha" Beachhead Struck from Naval Register July 29 1944

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 3z

1943/1944

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File:JohnGermann Susan B. Anthony AP72 1943/1944 1 Front.jpg

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Other Information

SUSAN B. ANTHONY was awarded three battle stars for World War II service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - Susan B. Anthony (February 15 1820 - March 13 1906)
Anthony, in 1852, after teaching school for 15 years, organized the first women's state temperance society in America; and, in 1856, became the agent of the American Antislavery Society for New York state. However, after 1854, she concentrated most of her efforts upon agitation for women's rights. Between 1868 and 1870, she was the publisher of The Revolution, a New York feminist newspaper edited by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She was vice president at-large of the National Woman Suffrage Association from its inception in 1869 until 1892, when she became president. Asserting that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution entitled her to vote, she cast a ballot in the election of 1872, was arrested and fined $100, which she declined to pay. She collaborated with three other women to write the History of Woman Suffrage, published in four volumes between 1884 and 1887. She died at Rochester, New York, on March 13 1906

 

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