VALENTINE AF 47

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.

Adria Class Stores Ship Keel Laid 1944 Launched February 3 1945 as PIER BEND Acquired by U.S. Navy June 19 1945 and renamed USS VALENTINE AF-47 Commissioned July 19 1945 - Decommissioned August 6 1946 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Group Struck from Naval Register October 8 1946 Transferred October 9 1946 to War Department (US Maritime Commission) PIER BEND (Commercial Service) Operated June 13 1947 by Northland Transportation Co. and original launching name restored Official Number: 250423 USNS VALENTINE (T-AF-47) From 1951 to 1959, operated by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) Laid up October 31 1959 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia Group Acquired by Point Adams Packing Co. January 30 1967 Delivered February 8 1967 NORTHGATE (Commercial Service) Renamed March 20 1967 Used in fish processing through May 1967 Sold in 1970 to California Tuna Fleet, Inc. San Diego, CA, homeported at Juneau, AK Sold in 1972 to U. S. National Bank, San Diego, CA., homeported at Juneau, AK ALL ALASKAN (Commercial Service) Sold in 1976 to All Alaskan Sea Foods, as a fish carrier, and renamed Stranded, 20 March 1987, on St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands in the winter of 1986/87, dismantled on site for scrapping

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1945)

 

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	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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Post office established July 17 1945 - Disestablished June 15 1946

 

Locy Type 2# (Br. #15967)

1946-01-17

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Other Information

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

NAMESAKE - An asteroid, number 447, discovered by the astronomers Wolf and Schwassmann in October 1899

 

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