PASTORES AF 16

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.

Pastores Class Stores Ship Built 1913 at Workman Clark, Ltd., Belfast, Northern Ireland Acquired by U.S. Navy from the United Fruit Company May 1 1918 USS PASTORES ID-4540 Commissioned May 6 1918 - Decommissioned October 8 1919 Struck from Naval Register October 8 1919 Rreturned to the United Fruit Co. Reacquired by the War Shipping Administration December 20 1941 Turned over to the U.S. Navy December 23 1941 USS PASTORES AF-16 Commissioned February 13 1942 - Decommissioned March 14 1946 Transferred to Maritime Commission for disposal Struck from Naval Register March 28 1946 Sold December 19 1946 for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Pastores AF-16 Covers Page 1     (1944-46)

 

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

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1st Commissioning May 6 1918 to October 8 1919

 

U.S.Army Post Office Military Postal Express Service Postmark France

1919-04-21

The ship had no postal facilities at the time.

 

United Fruit Company Purser's Mark

1932-03-05

As S.S. PASTORES

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2nd Commissioning February 13 1942 to March 14 1946

 

Locy Type FDPS 3z

1942-08-26

First Day of Postal Service and Censored, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 2z

1946-01-16

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Locy Type 3z (BBT)

1944-01-19

Note:

 

Locy Type 9efu

1946-01-20

Patriotic cachet produced by the American Patriotic Press (Harry E. Curtiss). Chinese characters have unknown meaning.

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations, and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon, the World War I Victory Medal (with Transport clasp), the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 1 Battle star), the World War II Victory Medal and two Philippines Liberation Medals during her Naval career

NAMESAKE - Former name retained

 

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