VEGA AK 17

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.

Sirus Class Cargo Ship
Keel Laid July 8 1918
Launched July 18 1919 as LEBANON
Delivered to United States Shipping Board September 8 1919
Acquired U.S. Navy December 2 1921 and renamed


1. USS VEGA AK-17
   Commissioned December 21 1921 - Decommissioned January 15 1946
   
   Struck from Naval Register March 12 1946
   Transferred July 1 1946 to Maritime Commission for disposal
   
   Sold August 6 1946 to National Metals and Steel Corp. for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Cover Page 1    (1922-44)

 

Postmarks

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

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Post Office Established March 29 1922 - Disestablished November 18 1945

 

Locy Type 2z

1944-11-09

Censored Sailor Mail, Ship's name in return address

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"

1937-12-21

16th Anniversary, cachet by Ted Harrington

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"

1937-12-25

Christmas Day, cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT)

1938-03-15

Notes:

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)

1935-01-01

Notes: Person Commemorative - Paul Revere

 

Locy Type 3 (B) "ST PAUL / UNALASKA"

1940-08-15

Alaska Cruise. Cachet by M. Fay Muridge, Sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

 

Locy Type 3r

1930-12-02

Straightline date used

 

Locy Type 3r

1931-08-26

Note:

 

Locy Type 3rs

1922-07-03

Notes:

 

Locy Type 3z

1942-04-03

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 5hks

1937-06-25

Note:

 

Locy Type 5hks "PHILA PA. / NYD"

1940-11-04

Navy Day cachet by John Alden. "Navy Day 1940" has been blacked out on the cachet.

 

Locy Type 5hks

1940-12-25

Christmas Day (cover back), Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 5hks

1940-12-25

Christmas Day, cachet by Walter Lupton

 

Locy Type 9r

1927-12-22 to 1927-12-26

Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-4a

1940-12-25

Christmas Day, cachet by Walter Lupton

 

Locy Type 9x

1940-12-25

Christmas Day, cachet by Walter Lupton

 

Locy Type F Aug 12, 1935 "NAVY YARD / BOSTON, MASS." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2

1935-08-12

Fancy Christmas Day 1940. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-4b

1940-12-25

Fancy Christmas Day 1940. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Other Information

VEGA earned 4 Battle Stars for WWII service
* Pearl Harbor - Midway
Honolulu Harbor, December 7 1941
* Marianas operation
Capture and occupation of Saipan, July 25-31 1944
Capture and occupation of Guam, August 1-15 1944
* Western Caroline Islands operation
Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, September 6 to October 14 1944
* Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, June 13-14 1944

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, December 7 1941) - American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - Named for a star of the first magnitude in constellation Lyra used frequently by navigators

 

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