JOSEPH T DICKMAN APA 13

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Harris Class Transport Built 1921 as "SS PENINSULA STATE" Renamed "SS PRESIDENT PIERCE" May 1922 Renamed "SS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT" August 1922 USAT JOSEPH T. DICKMAN Taken over by War Department October 1940 for conversion to a troopship Transferred to U.S. Navy 27 May 1941 USS JOSEPH T. DICKMAN AP-26 Commissioned 10 June 1941 USS JOSEPH T. DICKMAN APA-13 Reclassified Attack Transport (APA) 1 February 1943 Decommissioned 7 March 1946 Returned to Maritime Commission Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown) Sold 1948 for scrap

S.S. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

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1. USS Joseph T. Dickman AP-26 / APA-13 Covers Page 1    (1942-1946)

 

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

 

U.S. GERMAN SEAPOST

1937-06-17

S.S. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

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Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / SERVICE"

1942-01-24

AP-26

 

Locy Type 3z (BBT)

1945-03-14

APA-13. Censored, WWII use. From the Gary B. Weiss collection.

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. J-10

1946-01-01

APA-13. New Year's Day, Free Mail.

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. J-10a

1946-02-22

APA-13

 

Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. J-10b

1942-10-10

AP-26. Censored, WWII use

 

Locy Type LDPS F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. J-10a

1946-03-07

APA-13. Last Day Postal Service, cachet by Walter Czubay. From the Bob Govern collection.

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Non-Postal Marking

 

Non-Postal Marking

1946-03-07

APA-13. Last Day Postal Service, cachet by Walter Czubay. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Other Information

USS JOSEPH T. DICKMAN earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp), the American Campaign Medal, the Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 5 Battle stars, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 Battle star and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Joseph Theodore Dickman (6 October 1857 - 23 October 1928)
Dickman graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1881, and was commissioned in the 3rd Cavalry. Dickman graduated from the US Army Cavalry School in 1883 and proceeded directly to the Indian territory, where he participated in the Apache War from 1885-1886, to include the Geronimo Campaign. He next participated in the Mexican border patrol operations against Garza revolutionists and the bandits, Benavides and Gonzales. Dickman's deployment during the Spanish-American War was notable. He participated in the battle of San Juan Hill-El Caney, Santiago de Cuba. He served on the staff of General Joseph Wheeler during the Philippine Insurrection from 1899-1902 and at the Battles on the Island of Panay from 1899-1900. During the Boxer Rebellion, Dickman was Chief of Staff to General Adna R. Chaffee for the Peking Relief Expedition and fought in the battle at Pa-ta-Chao, Peking on September 26, 1900. Dickman was on the Army General Staff from 1902-1905. He was an instructor at the Army War College from 1905-1912. Dickman was the US Army Inspector General from 1912-1915, taking over 2nd US Cavalry in 1915. He was given command of the 85th Infantry Division, Camp Custer, Michigan, in August of 1917. Dickman was given command of the 3rd Infantry Division in November of 1917, at the onset of World War I. He deployed 3rd Division to France aboard the Leviathan at noon, on March 4, 1918. He was the 3rd Division Commander at Chateau-Thierry in May 1918 and was made famous at the Second Battle of the Marne in July of 1918. While allied forces on both flanks retreated, the 3rd Division stood fast in the face of fantastic enemy offensives, which led to their moniker, "The Rock of the Marne." Dickman commanded IV Corps from August to September of 1918, to include the Saint-Mihiel Offensive in September 1918. Dickman commanded I Corps from October to November 1918, to include the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Third Army was established under the command of Dickman by General John J. Pershing in France to advance to the Rhein and hold the Coblenz bridgehead, then prepare to serve after the war as the Army of Occupation. The Third Army would have become the Army of Occupation whether or not the enemy signed the peace agreement. American fighting units not sent home were consolidated under Third Army and prepared to attack if Germany did not accept the terms of peace. The United States itself was not to sign the agreement but remained technically at war with Germany for two more years. Dickman returned from World War I to serve as President of the Tactics and Organization Board, which reported on lessons learned during the war from April-July 1919. Dickman served as Commanding General of the VIII Corps Area from 1919-21 He retired on October 6, 1921. He was later recalled to preside over postwar-Army downsizing board in 1922. His memoirs were published in 1927. He died in Washington, D.C., on October 23 1928.

USS Joseph T. Dickman was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II.

 

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