APc 20

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.

APc-1 Class Small Coastal Transport Originally planned as Coastal Minesweeper AMc-158 Laid down 1942 - Launched 1942 USS APc-20 Commissioned January 15 1943 - Decommissioned March 1 1946 Struck from Naval Register March 28 1946 Transferred to Maritime Administration 1947 MV MARY FOSS (Commercial Service) Acquired 1948 by the Foss Launch and Tug Co., Tacoma, WA. for use as a Tugboat and named MV SEA MONSTER Acquired 1950 by the Pacific Tow Boat Co., Seattle, WA. and renamed MV CHENA Renamed 1966 Acquired 1988 by King Crab, Inc., Kodiak, AK. for use as a fishing boat Acquired 1990 by Ocean Pride Alaska, Inc. Acquired 1999 by George E. Johnson, Seattle, WA., for use as a fishing boat Acquired 2001 by Larry C. Nielson of Oregon City, OR. Acquired 2002 by Alba Fisheries, Seattle, WA. Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1943)

 

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	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

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Other Information

APc-20 earned one battle star for World War II service
* Eastern New Guinea operation
Supporting and consolidating operations designated by Command Seventh Fleet, October 15-17 and October 30 to November 12 and 28 and December 4 1943
Finschhafen occupation December 5 1943 to January 30 1944

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)- World War II Victory Medal

 

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