QUEENS APA 103

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.

Windsor Class Attack Transport Keel Laid March 2 1944 as Maritime Commission type (C3-S-A3) hull Launched September 12 1944 Delivered to Maritime Commission December 16 1944 Acquired by U.S. Navy December 16 1944 USS QUEENS APA-103 Commissioned December 16 1944 - Decommissioned June 10 1946 Returned to Maritime Commission June 11 1946 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA Struck from Naval Register June 19 1946 Converted to Maritime Commission hull type (P1-S1-DR1) November 1947 EXCAMBION (Commercial Service) Purchased by American Export Lines November 22 1948 and renamed Returned to Maritime Administration March 17 1959 Laid up April 20 1959 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Group TEXAS CLIPPER I (Training Ship) Loaned to Texas Maritime Academy April 26 1965 Used as Merchant Marine Officer Training Ship until 1995 Moored at the Beaumont Reserve Fleet from 1996–2006 Transferred 4 October 2006 to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Artificial Reef Program to be turned into an artificial reef Sunk November 17 2007 as artificial reef, 17 miles off South Padre Island, TX

 

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 name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

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1. Covers Page 1     (1944-45)

 

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.

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

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Post Office Established November 15 1944 - Disestablished June 3 1946

 

USPO Duplex Postmark Sparrows Point, MD

1944-12-16

Commissioning

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-07-04

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 9# (Br. #15079)

1945-08-29

Mark from back of cover

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Naples Italy CDS

1953-09-01

As SS EXCAMBION

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

NAMESAKE - Named for a borough of New York, N.Y.

 

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