ZELIMA AF 49

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.

Alstede Class Stores Ship Keel Laid December 5 1944 Launched March 2 1945 as GOLDEN ROCKET Delivered to WSA July 16 1945 Operated by United Fruit Co. under contract to WSA Returned to Maritime Commission Acquired by U.S. Navy 1946 USS ZELIMA AF-49 Commissioned July 27 1946 - Decommissioned September 1969 Transferred to MARAD and laid up in reserve Struck from Naval Register June 1 1976 Disposed of by MARAD

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1955-65)

 

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.

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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 2(n)

1961-11-28

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1965-12-08

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Locy Type 2r

1956-04-23

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Locy Type 9efu

1955-11-28

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N/A

1946 to 1969

Photo and Ship's tab

 

Other Information

ZELIMA received the following awards during her Naval career - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (w/ 1 Battle star)- Armed Forces Service Medal (3-Korea, 10-Quemoy-Matsu, 6-Vietnam) - Vietnam Service Medal (w/ 5 Campaign stars) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

NAMESAKE - A minor planet in a solar system discovered in 1907 by the German astronomer August Kopff.

 

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