TULURAN AG 46

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.

Cargo Ship Built 1917 by the Toledo Shipbuilding, Co., Toledo, OH as WAR BAYONET for the British Shipping Controller Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board (USSB) for World War I service Launched October 31 1917 and completed as LAKE SUPERIOR Acquired by U.S. Navy 30 January 1918 USS LAKE SUPERIOR ID-2995 Commissioned January 30 1918 Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS) Decommissioned July 31 1919 Transferred to War Shipping Administration 1919 C. D. JOHNSON III (Commercial Service) Sold 1926 to Pillsbury & Curtis, San Francisco, CA. and renamed Official number: 215756 Sold 1926 to Pacific Spruce Corp. Toledo, OR. Sold 1931 to the Times Mirror Co. San Francisco, CA. ANNA SCHAFER (Commercial Service) Sold 1933 to Schafer Brothers SS Lines San Francisco, CA and renamed Reacquired by U.S. Navy October 16 1942 Redesignated Taganak Class Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG) USS TULURAN AG-46 Commissioned December 11 1942 - Decommissioned December 20 1945 Struck from the Naval Register, 8 January 1946 Returned to Maritime Commission July 1 1946 Sold December 26 1946 to the American Iron & Metal Co. Scrapped 1947 by National Metals, Terminal Island, CA

 

Naval Covers

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1. TULURAN Covers Page 1     (1943)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 7z*

1945-02-15

As Tuluran. The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

LAKE SUPERIOR

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
World War I Victory Medal (with Transport clasp)

NAMESAKE - The largest, northernmost, and westernmost lake of the five Great Lakes of North America

TULURAN

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

NAMESAKE - Named for a small island located just off the northwestern shore of Palawan Island in the Philippine Archipelago

 

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