BLOUNT AK 163

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.

Alamosa Class Cargo Ship Keel Laid August 7 1944 as Maritime Commission type (C1-M-AV1) hull Launched October 19 1944 USS BLOUNT AK-163 Commissioned January 26 1945 - Decommissioned April 18 1946 Returned to War Shipping Administration April 24 1946 Struck from Naval Register May 1 1946 HECUBA (Commercial Service) Sold 1948 to Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij N.V. ANNA (Commercial Service) Renamed (Date unknown) PANES (Commercial Service) Renamed (Date unknown) Fate unknown

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).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

 

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

 

NO BLOUNT POSTMARKS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

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Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Philippines Liberation Medal

NAMESAKE - Counties in Alabama and Tennessee

 

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