USCGC ASTERION WAK 123

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.

Asterion Class Cargo Ship Laid down January 17 1912, as Steel-hulled Steamer "SS EVELYN" Launched May 9 1912 - Delivered June 11 1912 Assigned ID No. 2228 remaining in merchant service Acquired by U.S. Navy 1942 for conversion to a Q-ship USS ASTERION AK-100 Commissioned March 1942 USS ASTERION AK-63 Redesignated September 25 1942 Decommissioned January 12 1944 Struck from Naval Register January 22 1944 USCGC ASTERION WAK-123 Commissioned in U.S. Coast Guard January 12 1944 - Decommissioned July 20 1944 Sold March 1 1946 to the Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, MD 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).

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1. AK-63 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.

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

 

Locy Type 3z

1943-10-16

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

ASTERION earned one battle star for her World War II service
* USS Asterion A/S operation
March 22 1942 to January 31 1943

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

NAMESAKE - A star in the constellation Canum Ven

 

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