PLEIADES AK 46

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.

Cargo Ship Built 1939 as MANGALIA Operated by the Romanian State Maritime Service Taken over June 25 1941 while lying idle at New York Acquired by U.S. Navy August 11 1941 USS PLEIADES AK-46 Commissioned October 25 1941 - Decommissioned November 21 1945 Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown) Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet Renamed SCEPTRE, While in reserve Sold 1966 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1943)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 3z (BTT)

1943-09-03

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Other Information

PLEIADES earned two battle stars for World War II service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (Convoy SC-107, November 1-4 1943) - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal (1) - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - The daughters of Atlas who were placed among the stars by Zeus; giving a name to a large group of stars in the constellation Taurus. The first ship of this name retained her merchant name

 

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