SARPEDON ARB 7

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.

Aristaeus Class Battle Damage Repair Ship Keel Laid July 11 1944 as Tank Landing Ship LST-956 Redesignated Battle Damage Repair Ship (ARB) August 14 1944 Launched August 21 1944 USS SARPEDON ARB-7 Placed in Ferry Commission November 16-29 1944 Commissioned (Full) March 19 1945 - Decommissioned January 29 1947 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group Struck from Naval Register April 15 1976 Sold January 1 1977 for scrap PETROLA 133 (Commercial Service) Acquired by Phaethon Shipping & Trading Corp. S.A., Panama and renamed Broken up for scrap May 30 1989

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

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	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2# Branch 15186

1946-04-13

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Other Information

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

NAMESAKE - A Trojan leader in Homer's Iliad

 

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