TODD AKA 71

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.

Tolland Class Attack Cargo Ship Keel Laid August 10 1944 - Launched October 10 1944 Acquired by U.S. Navy November 14 1944 USS TODD AKA-71 Commissioned November 30 1944 - Decommissioned June 25 1946 Laid up June 26 1946 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group Struck from Naval Register July 19 1946 VENTURA (#2) (Commercial Service) Sold September 26 1947 to Oceanic SS Co. and renamed Official Number: 252493 CHATHAM (Commercial Service) Sold July 20 1961 to Sea-Land Service Inc. and renamed Leased to Waterman SS. Corp. Title transferred May 13 1965 to Maritime Administration Returned August 18 1966 to Maritime Administration Transferred to Waterman Steamship Co. Sold May 15 1969 to GATX/Boothe Corp. Sold February 22 1972 to Sing Cheng Yung Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. for scrap

 

Conflicting History Data

NavSource and Wikipedia list HAWAIIAN WHOLESALER as an incarnation of this ship. However, see the "Conflicting History Data" section for HANOVER APA-116 for research notes on why I believe this is incorrect.

 

Naval Covers

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Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

1. Covers Page 1     (1945-46)

 

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.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

 

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 November 30 1944 - Disestablished June 21 1946

 

Locy Type 2z

1946-06-18

Note:

 

Locy Type 9# (Br. #15259)

1946-06-18

Note:

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-21

1945-09-02

Censored wartime (WWII) use
Tokyo Bay

 

Locy Type LDPS 2z Jun 21, 1946

1946-06-21

Last Day Postal Service

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

NAMESAKE - Counties in Kentucky, Minnesota, and South Dakota

 

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