SCHUYLER OTIS BLAND T-AK 277

Ship Name and Designation History

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Schuyler Otis Bland Class Cargo Ship Keel Laid 9 May 1950 - Launched 30 January 1951 Delivered to the Maritime Commission 25 July 1951 Operated by American President Lines and later Waterman Steamship Corp. Laid up in the Nat. Def. Reserve Fleet 25 July 1952 Acquired by the US Navy for operation by American Mail Line 1957 Laid up in the Nat. Def. Reserve Fleet October 1959 Delivered to the US Navy 4 August 1961 USNS SCHUYLER OTIS BLAND T-AK-277 Placed in service by MSTS 28 August 1961 Placed out of service in 1979 Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown) Transferred to MARAD for disposal Sold for scrapping 28 November 1979

Naval Covers

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1. USNS Schuyler Otis Bland T-AK-277 Covers Page 1    (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

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

 

USPO 4-bar Postmark Agana, GU Naval Station Branch

1962-02-23

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

USNS SCHUYLER OTIS BLAND earned the National Defense Service Medal and the Vietnam Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Schuyler Otis Bland (4 May 1872 – 16 February 1950)
        Bland was a United States Representative from Virginia. Born near Gloucester, Virginia, he attended the Gloucester Academy and the College of William and Mary. He was a teacher and a lawyer in private practice, and was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative William A. Jones. He was reelected to the Sixty-sixth and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses, serving from July 2, 1918 to February 16, 1950. While in the House, he was chair of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Seventy-third through Seventy-ninth Congresses and Eighty-first Congress).

 

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