GENERAL TASKER H BLISS AP 131

Ship Name and Designation History

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General G. O. Squier Class Transport Keel Laid May 22 1942 as a Maritime Commission type (C4-S-A1) hull Launched December 19 1942 - Acquired by the US Navy November 3 1943 USS GENERAL TASKER H. BLISS AP-131 Commissioned February 24 1944 - Decommissioned June 28 1946 Struck from Naval Register July 31 1946 Returned to the MC July 2 1946 SEAMAR (Commercial Service) Transferred to Bethlehem Steel Corp., April 1964 and renamed CARONI (Commercial Service) Sold to C.A. Venezloana De Navegacion January 13 1975 and renamed Scrapped 1979

Naval Covers

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1. USS General Tasker H. Bliss Covers Page 1     (1944-46)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 2z

1944-03-15

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Locy Type 2# (Br. #15762)

1946-01-05

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Locy Type 9efu

1946-01-15

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Locy Type Straight-line Marking

1946-06-27

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Return Address

1946-01-15

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

 

Locy Type LDPS 2z

1946-05-23

Last Day of Postal Service

 

Other Information

GENERAL TASKER H. BLISS received the following awards during her Naval career - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp).

NAMESAKE - Tasker Howard Bliss, born in Lewisburg, Pa., 31 December 1853, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1875. In Spain at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, he was assigned to General Wilson as Chief of 'Staff. He fought in all major engagements in Puerto Rico and was breveted a Colonel for outstanding service. After the war, Bliss served as Collector of Customs for Cuba and negotiated the treaty of reciprocity with Cuba in 1902. After several important administrative appointments in the United States and the Philippines, he was named Assistant Chief of Staff of the Army in 1915 and Chief of Staff in 1917. A scholarly yet energetic officer, General Bliss helped greatly to work out plans for American mobilization for World War I. In 1917 he was appointed to the Supreme War Council in Paris and had much to do with the negotiations leading up to the Versailles Treaty. Subsequently, he was a commissioner and a signer of the treaty. During the last years of his life, General Bliss was devoted to historical study, and was awarded many honorary degrees and the Distinguished Service Medal. He died in Washington, D.C., 9 November 1930. {DANFS}

 

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