TRANQUILITY AH 14

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.

Haven Class Hospital Ship Keel Laid August 20 1943 Launched July 25 1944 as MARINE DOLPHIN Acquired by U.S. Navy August 14 1944 and renamed USS TRANQUILITY AH-14 Commissioned April 24 1945 USS TRANQUILITY APH-114 Reclassified Evacuation Transport (APH) November 3 1945 USS TRANQUILITY AH-14 Reverted to Hospital Ship (AH) March 25 1946 Decommissioned July 16 1946 Laid up in Reserve Fleet, Philadelphia Group Struck from Naval Register September 1 1961 Transferred March 6 1961 to National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group Sold July 15 1974 to Northern Metal Co. for scrap

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

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 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.

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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

 

Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2z (1945)

1945-06-18

Censored, sailor mail.

 

Locy Type 9# 15636 Branch

1946-04-29

Note:

 

Other Information

USS TRANQUILITY earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 1 Campaign star, the World War II Victory Medal and the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - The quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; serenity.

 

---

 

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 

---

Copyright 2024 Naval Cover Museum