GENERAL M M PATRICK AP 150

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.

General G. O. Squier Class Transport Keel Laid January 24 1944 - Launched June 21 1944 Acquired by U.S. Navy September 4 1944 USS GENERAL M. M. PATRICK AP-150 Commissioned September 4 1944 - Decommissioned March 8 1946 Struck from Naval Register March 20 1946 Delivered to Maritime Commission Transferred to Army Transportation Service USAT GENERAL M. M. PATRICK Commissioned 1946 - Decommissioned 1950 Reacquired by U.S. Navy March 1 1950 Assigned to Military Sea Transport Service (MSTS) USNS GENERAL M. M. PATRICK T-AP-150 Placed In Service 1950 - Out of Service October 16 1958 Struck from Naval Register 1958 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia Group Sold November 6 1967 to Container Ship Chartering Service Inc. BOSTON (Commercial Service) Converted to Containership June 1968 and renamed Transferred September 17 1968 to Litton Industries Leasing Corp. Transferred February 28 1975 to Reynolds Leasing Corp. Sold at sea February 12 1987, to Sea-Land Services, Inc. Sold May 1988 for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS General M. M. Patrick AP-150 Covers Page 1     (1944-46)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 2z

1944-11-18

Censored, WWII use

 

Locy Type LDPS 2(n)

1946-03-05

Last Day Postal Service. Add-on cachet by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type LDPS 9efu

1946-03-05

Last Day Postal Service

 

Other Information

USS GENERAL M. M. PATRICK earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal w/ 2 battle stars and the United Nations Korean Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Major General Mason Mathews Patrick, US Army (December 13 1863 - January 20 1942)
Patrick graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1886 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. During the next three decades he served in a variety of positions. Twice he taught practical military engineering at the Military Academy. He assisted in river and harbor improvements in the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers and in Norfolk Harbor. He commanded the 2d Battalion of Engineers in Cuba during operations prior to the raising of battleship Maine. In 1914 he assisted in building Davis Lock, Sault Sainte Marie Canals, Mich. After commanding the 1st Regiment of Engineers on the Mexican border, he joined the A.E.F. during World War I in France, where he took active charge of all construction work and forestry operations. Promoted to Major General in 1918, he was appointed Chief of Air Service. After the Armistice, he represented the A.E.F. at the Paris Peace Conference. In 1921 he became Chief of the Army Air Service, the position he held until his retirement in 1927. Major General Patrick died in Washington, D.C., January 20 1942.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. William E. Lynd.

 

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