XENIA AKA 51

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.

Artemis Class Attack Cargo Ship Keel Laid May 4 1945 Launched June 27 1945 - Acquired July 28 1945 USS XENIA AKA-51 Commissioned July 28 1945 - Decommissioned May 13 1946 Struck from the Naval Register November 30 1946 PRESIDENTE ERRAZURIZ (Chilean Naval Service) Transferred to Chile November 30 1946 and renamed Scrapped by Chile 1966.

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Xenia AKA-51 Covers Page 1     (1946)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type FDC 2# (Br. #16016)

1945-07-28

Commissioning

 

Locy Type 2# (Br. #16016)

1946-05-09

FDOI Scott #940

 

Locy Type LDC 2# (Br. #16016)

1946-05-13

Last Day in Commission

 

Locy Type 9# 16016 Branch

1945-10-27

Note:

 

Locy Type LDC 2# (Br. #16016)

1946-05-13

Last Day in Commission

 

Return Address

1946-05-13

Close-up view of the ship's return address.

 

Other Information

XENIA received the following awards during her Naval career - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal.

NAMESAKE - Minor planet number 625, which was discovered by August Kopff in Heidelburg, Germany on February 11 1907. The word Xenia is a Greek term for hospitality or present. Shortly after the ship was commissioned, the town of Xenia, in Greene County, Ohio, demonstrated how well it deserved the name which it shares with the planet and the warship by offering to adopt the attack cargo ship.

 

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