ALLEGAN AK 225

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.

Crater Class Cargo Ship Keel Laid December 21 1943 as Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull Launched January 21 1944 VAN LEAR BLACK Delivered to Merchants and Miners Transportation Co. January 31 1944 Acquired U.S. Navy August 7 1944 USS ALLEGAN AK-225 Commissioned September 21 1944 - Decommissioned November 15 1945 Returned to Maritime Commission November 22 1945 Original name restored (Date unknown) Struck from Naval Register November 28 1945 SAN LEONARDO (Panamanian Registry) Sold November 1946 to Fordom Trading Co, New York for Cia de Nav San Leonardo S.A., Panama WANDERER (Panamanian Registry) Sold 1951 to Sociedad Nav Interamericana S.A. Sold 1955 to La Guayra Cia Nav S.A. VALIANT FORCE (United States Registry) Sold 1959 to Force Steamship Corp. WANDERER (Liberian Registry) Sold 1963 to The Potomac Steamship Corp., New York WANDERLUST Renamed 1963 - same owners AGATHOPOLIS (Liberian Registry) Sold 1964 to Macedonian Steamship Corp Sold June 30 1969 to Japanese breakers for scrap

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 incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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

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Post Office Established September 30 1944 - Disestablished November 10 1945

 

NO ALLEGAN POSTMARKS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

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Other Information

ALLEGAN earned 1 Battle Star (WWII)
* Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, June 1945

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

NAMESAKE - A county in Michigan

 

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