FREMONT LPA 44

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.

Bayfield Class Attack Transport Keel Laid (Date unknown) as ""SS SEA CORSAIR" Assigned to US Navy as "FREMONT AP-89" Redesignated Attack Transport (APA) 1 February 1943 Launched 31 March 1943 USS FREMONT APA-44 Commissioned (Partial) 30 May - 11 June 1943 for conversion Commissioned (Full) 23 November 1943 USS FREMONT LPA-44 Redesignated Amphibious Transport (LPA) 1 January 1969 Decommissioned 2 September 1969 Transferred to Maritime Administration 10 October 1969 Struck from Naval Register 1 June 1973 Sold 5 April 1974 and scrapped

Naval Covers

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1. USS Fremont LPA-44 Covers Page 1    (1943-1967)

 

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.

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

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1947-07-06

APA-44. John Paul Jones 200th Anniversary

 

Locy Type 2n+

1955-07-06

APA-44. Cachet is thermographed.

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1967-12-02

APA-44

 

Locy Type 2r (1951)

1952-02-25

APA-44

 

Locy Type 2r (1956)

1956-01-10

APA-44

 

Locy Type 2t(nu) (LPA)

1969-04-15

LPA-44. Collectors request.

 

Locy Type 2z

1944-05-04

APA-44. Censored, WWII use

 

Locy Type 9efu USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-29

1943-12-27

APA-44. Mark from back of cover

 

Other Information

USS FREMONT earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (2 awards), the Navy Expeditionary Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 5 battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Philippines Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon and the Philippines Liberation Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Counties in Colorado, Idaho, Iowa and Wyoming.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. W. R. Guest.

 

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