NEW HANOVER AKA 73

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 31 1944 - Launched October 31 1944 USS NEW HANOVER AKA-73 Commissioned December 22 1944 - Decommissioned July 30 1946 Laid up July 31 1946 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group Struck from Naval Register August 15 1946 Sold June 31 1947 to Waterman SS Corp. and renamed ALAWAI Sold February 1955 to Polarus Steamship Co., Inc. and renamed FRANKLIN BERWIS Sold February 1957 to Grace Line Inc. and renamed SANTA MERCEDES Sold April 22 1960 to Central Gulf SS Corp. and renamed GREEN WAVE Sold July 1966 to Victory Carriers Inc. and renamed SAGAMORE HILL Sold October 16 1970 to Li Chong Steel & Irons Works Co. Taiwan for scrap

 

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

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1. Covers Page 1     (1946)

 

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

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-01-08

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Locy Type 2# (Br. #15175)

1946-01-05

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Locy Type 9# (Br. #15175)

1946-01-05

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Locy Type LDPS 2#

1946-07-29

Last Day Postal Service

 

Other Information

NEW HANOVER received one battle star for World War II service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

NAMESAKE - A county in North Carolina

 

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