MARMORA IX 189

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.

Mobile Floating Storage Tanker Built 1918 at American Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, WA MONTROLITE (Commercial Service) Owned and operated by Standard Oil Company of New Jersey Official Number: 216747 Sold 1922 to Imperial Oil, Ld. and home ported in Montreal, Canada Official Number: 150708 J. C. FITZSIMMONS (Commercial Service) Sold in 1926 to Standard Oil Co. of California and renamed Official Number: 216747 VALERIAN KUYBYSHEV (Commercial Service) (alt: VALERIAN KUIBISHEV) Transferred to the Soviet Union under terms of the Lend-Lease program, 14 October 1942, and renamed Returned to the War Shipping Administration (WSA), 13 December 1944, at Pearl Harbor, T.H. Acquired by the Navy from WSA under bareboat charter, 13 December 1944 USS MARMORA IX-189 Commissioned December 13 1944 - Decommissioned February 11 1946 J. C. FITZSIMMONS (Commercial Service) Delivered to War Shipping Administration and renamed J. C. FITZSIMMONS Sold February 1 1947 to Pinto Island Metals Co. for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. 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.

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

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-01-18

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Other Information

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

 

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