AGENOR ARL 3

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.

Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship Authorized as Tank Landing Ship LST-490 Redesignated Landing Craft Repair Ship (ARL) January 13 1943 Keel Laid January 24 1943 - Launched April 3 1943 USS AGENOR ARL-3 Commissioned August 20 1943 - Decommissioned November 15 1946 RFS VULCAIN A-656 (French Naval Service) Transferred to France March 2 1951 under the terms of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program Struck from Naval Register March 26 1951 WU TAI (Chinese Naval Service) Transferred by France to The Republic of China 1957 Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1943-46)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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

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Post Office Established August 30 1943 - Disestablished June 30 1946

 

Locy Type 2z*

1945-02-07

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Other Information

AGENOR earned three battle stars for World War II service
* Marianas operation
Capture and occupation of Saipan, June 25 to July 21 1944
Capture and occupation of Guam, August 1-15 1944
* Tinian capture and occupation, July 24-31 1944
* Iwo Jima operation
Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, February 19 to March 16 1945

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - A character in Greek mythology—a son of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea—who was a Phoenician king

 

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