SAMARITAN AH 10

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.

Chaumont Class Transport Built 1920 Acquired by US Navy 3 November 1921 USS CHAUMONT AP-5 Commissioned 22 November 1921 - Decommissioned 28 August 1943 USS SAMARITAN AH-10 Recommissioned as Hospital Ship (AH) 1 March 1944 Decommissioned 25 June 1946 Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown) Turned over to Maritime Commission for disposal 29 August 1946 Sold for scrap in 1948. Naval Covers This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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. USS Chaumont AP-5 Covers Page 1    (1924-1941) USS Samaritan AH-10 Covers Page 1     (1946)   Postmarks This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.   Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text Postmark Date Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image Thumbnail Link To Cover Image USS CHAUMONT AP-5 Post office established 6 February 1922 - Disestablished 28 August 1943   Locy Type 3 (A) "SHANGHAI / CHINA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-34b 1927-03-14 Note:   Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "HONOLULU / T.H." 1933-09-28 Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell   Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE" 1936-02-03 Cachet by A.J. Harvath, Navy Mail Clerk aboard the Chaumont.   Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "PORTSMOUTH / VA." 1939-12-25 Note:   Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "HONOLULU / T.H." 1941-03-23 Note:   Locy Type 3 (A-TTT) "HONOLULU / HAWAII" 1940-08-28 Incoming mail to a USMC Officer. On the back are postmarks from USS Luzon PR-7 and Asiatic Fleet.   Locy Type 3 (A-TTT) 1941-08-26 Keel Laying of USS Herndon DD-638. Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson.   Locy Type 5hks " / CANAL ZONE" 1932-10-12 Columbus Day. Note: Although no year date is in the dial, the USCS Postmark catalog states it is from 1932.   Locy Type 5bhks "NAVY DAY / SAN FRANCISCO" 1932-10-27 Although no year date is in the dial, the USCS Postmark catalog states it is from 1932.   Locy Type 9(C) 1924-06-02 Note:   Locy Type FAKE USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3b, "E" 1941-11-04 Note: USS SAMARITAN AH-10 Post office established 15 March 1944 - Disestablished 6 June 1946   Locy Type 2z 1946-05-19 Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)   Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-81 1945-10-02 Tokyo Bay   Other Information USS CHAUMONT / SAMARITAN earned the China Service Medal, the American Defense Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 4 Battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal and the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) during her Naval career. CHAUMONT NAMESAKE - A French community, site of the General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Force, in World War I. Le Ray de Chaumont was a French citizen who made a major contribution to the American Revolution by purchasing, outfitting, and supplying American ships in French ports. He was a good friend and confidant of Benjamin Franklin and John Adams. SAMARITAN NAMESAKE - The term refers to people, real or fictional, known for unselfish charity.     If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.   Copyright 2024 Naval Cover Museum