PANDA IX 125

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.

Armadillo Class Mobile Station Tanker Keel Laid October 19 1943 as OPIE READ Renamed October 27 1943 Launched December 3 1943 Acquired by U.S. Navy January 5 1944 USS PANDA IX-125 Commissioned Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX) January 6 1944 Decommissioned July 12 1946 Transferred July 15 1946 to War Shipping Administration for disposal Name reverted to OPIE READ Struck from Naval Register July 31 1946 WESTPORT (Commercial Service) Sold April 1948 to Eastport SS Corp. New York and renamed Converted to dry cargo ship August 1949 PARDALINA Sold 1954 to Cia Nav Pardalina SA, Liberian flag and renamed SAN ANTONIO Sold 1963 to Caroline Navigation Inc. and renamed Sold January 20 1968 to Japanese breakers for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. 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

 

Locy Type 7# Branch #13933 Subic Bay PI

1946-02-20

N/A

Sailor's Mail

 

Other Information

USS PANDA earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 battle star, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal w/ Asia clasp and the Philippines Liberation Medal w/ 1 bronze star during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A bearlike carnivore of Tibet and Southern China.

 

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