GENERAL WILLIAM MITCHELL AP 114

Ship Name and Designation History

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General John Pope Class Transport Keel Laid as Maritime Commission type (P2-S2-R2) hull Launched October 31 1944 Acquired by U.S. Navy January 15 1944 USS GENERAL WILLIAM MITCHELL AP-114 Commissioned January 19 1944 USS GENERAL WILLIAM MITCHELL T-AP-114 Assigned to MSTS October 1949 Decommissioned December 1 1966 Struck from Naval Register December 1 1966 Sold June 27 1987 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS General William Mitchell AP-114 Covers Page 1     (1946-54)

 

Postmarks

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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 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-43

1950-07-13

"Ready For Sea" cachet by FHS

 

Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-43

1951-06-12

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Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-43a

1954-08-14

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Locy Type 2n

1946-03-25

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Locy Type 2tnu

1949-11-03

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Locy Type 2t(n+u)("TAP")

1962-07-04

T-AP-114. Independence Day.

 

Locy Type 2z

1944-05-08

Censored, cigerette acknowldgement card. Manned by the US Coast Guard during WWII.

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu)

1954-08-14

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Other Information

Awards, Citations, and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (w/ 4 battle stars) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

NAMESAKE - William Lendrum Mitchell, born in 1879 in Nice, France, enlisted in the Army as a private in 1898 and served in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. After return to the United States, he led in the precarious construction of a telegraph network in Alaska, and then pioneered in U.S. Army aviation. He rapidly rose in rank, and, when he commanded the U.S. air forces in France in World War I, he was promoted Brigadier General. After the war, General "Billy" Mitchell was made Director of Military Aviation in the U.S. Army and argued violently for a large, independent air force. His caustic-public criticism of military and naval leaders led to his court-martial in 1926. After resignation, General Mitchell remained a bitter critic of Army and government policy. He died in 1936. {DANFS}

 

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