AREQUIPA AF 31

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.

Adria Class Stores Ship Keel Laid January 17 1944 as Maritime Commission type (R1-M-AV3) hull Launched May 4 1944 Acquired U.S. Navy December 19 1944 and converted for Naval service USS AREQUIPA AF-31 Commissioned January 14 1945 - Decommissioned August 25 1955 Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group Transferred December 1 1960 to National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA Struck from Naval Register September 1 1961 Sold December 11 1972 to Star-Kist Foods Inc., Terminal Island, CA. for non-transportation use Fate unknown

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.

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

 

USPO Duplex Postmark Oakland, CA

1947-04-25

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Other Information

Earned 1 Battle Star (Korea)
* UN Summer-Fall Offensive, July 1951

NAMESAKE - A minor planet discovered on December 7 1912 by J. H. Metcalf and named in honor of the Peruvian city where Harvard Observatory had an observing station.

 

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