KINGSPORT T-AG 164

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.

Greenville Victory Class Cargo Ship Keel Laid April 4 1944 at California Shipbuilding Corp., Los Angeles, CA Launched May 29 1944 Completed and delivered to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) July 12 1944 KINGSPORT VICTORY (Cargo Ship) Placed in Service July 12 1944 - Placed out of Service September 29 1947 Operated by American Hawaiian Steamship Company under an agreement with the War Shipping Administration Withdrawn from Reserve August 8 1948, and assigned, under charter, to the US Army Transport Service USAT KINGSPORT VICTORY Commissioned August 8 1948 - Decommissioned March 1 1950 Acquired by the US Navy March 1 1950 USNS KINGSPORT VICTORY T-AK-239 Placed in service March 1 1950 Converted to a Satellite Communications Ship September 24 1961 USNS KINGSPORT T-AG-164 Renamed and redesignated Miscellaneous Auxiliary November 14 1961 Further modified from June 1 1962 to December 1 1962 Placed out of service January 31 1984 Struck from the Naval Register January 31 1984 Transferred August 29 1984 to MARAD for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet Transferred to the US Navy, Military Sealift Command for scientific research March 1 1990 Withdrawn from the reserve fleet on 21 January 1992 for scrapping in India

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1964)

 

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	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

USPO Machine Cancel Norfolk VA

1964-01-15

R/S cachet

 

USPO Station Postmark Seattle, WA

1983-04-29

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

SS KINGSPORT VICTORY/USNS KINGSPORT earned the American Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 1 Battle star) and the National Defense Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A merchant name retained. Kingsport is a city in northeastern Tennessee.

 

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