HUNTER LIGGETT APA 14

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.

Harris Class Transport Keel Laid 1921 as PALMETTO STATE Entered commercial service February 25 1922 Renamed PAN AMERICAN (Date unknown) Acquired by U.S. Army February 1939 USAT HUNTER LIGGETT Commissioned (Date unknown) Transferred to U.S. Navy May 27 1941 USS HUNTER LIGGETT AP-27 Commissioned Transport (AP) June 9 1941 USS HUNTER LIGGETT APA-14 Reclassified Amphibious Attack Transport (APA) February 1 1943 Decommissioned March 18 1946 Returned to U.S. Army March 9 1946 Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown) Sold January 30 1948 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Hunter Liggett Covers Page 1    (1941-46)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-OTO)

1941-11-01

As AP-27. First Day Postal Service. Cachet by William Frederick

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-01-16

As APA-14
Censored sailor's mail

 

Locy Type 3 (A-OTO)

1941-11-17

As AP-27
Patriotic Cachet by Alfred M. Roberts, Serviced by Louie C. Bean
Historical Note: This cachet is "time-specific" for the period October 1940 - March 1941 when Mussolini attacked Greece and the Greeks drove him out. The capture of Greece took place in April 1941 when the Germans arrived. In three weeks they conquered mainland Greece and by the end of May 1941 the last British troops withdrew from the island of Crete. With this cover being used, well after the date of what the cachet depicts, renders it a mute point.

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BTB)

1946-01-29

As APA-14

 

Locy Type 3z

1942-06-01

As AP-27

 

Locy Type 3z

1944-02-22

AS APA-14

 

Other Information

HUNTER LIGGETT earned the following awards during her Naval career - Combat Action Ribbon - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 4 Battle stars) - World War II Victory Medal.

NAMESAKE - Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett, USA (March 21 1857 - December 30 1935).
Hunter Liggett was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, on March 21, 1857, and died in San Francisco on December 30, 1935. His forty-two years of military service spanned the period from Indian campaigns to trench warfare in World War I.
His medals included these: The Distinguished Service Medal; the decorations of the Legion of Honor, from France; the Order of Leopold, from Belgium; and the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, from Italy.

 

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