WHEATLAND AKA 85

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.

Tolland Class Attack Cargo Ship Keel Laid July 17 1944 as Maritime Commission type (C2-S-AJ3) hull Launched September 21 1944 Acquired by U.S. Navy October 6 1944 USS WHEATLAND AKA-85 Commissioned April 3 1945 - Decommissioned April 25 1946 Laid up April 26 1946 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group Struck from Naval Register May 8 1946 BEATRICE (Commercial Service) Sold April 3 1947, to A.H. Bull, New York, N.Y. and renamed Sold March 13 1964 to First Steel & Ship Corp. BANGOR Sold April 15 1964 to Bermuda Shipping Corp. and renamed Operated by Waterman SS Corp. GRAND LOYALTY (Panamanian Registry) Sold December 8 1967 to North East Shipping Corp. and renamed Scrapped December 1973 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1946)

 

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	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2z

1946-04-16

Note:

 

Locy Type LDPS 9# (Br. #15518)

1946-04-16 to 1946-04-16

Last Day Postal Service

 

Other Information

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

NAMESAKE - A county in south central Montana

 

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