BLUE JACKET AF 51

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.

Alstede Class Stores Ship Keel Laid October 23 1941 as Maritime Commission type (C2-S-B1) hull Launched February 14 1942 BLUE JACKET Delivered to her operators, United Fruit Co. March 25 1943 Chartered to Pacific Far East Lines September 9 1946 Chartered to Black Diamond SS Corp. July 9 1947 Chartered to War Department October 1 1948 USAT BLUE JACKET Commissioned October 1 1948 Acquired U.S. Navy from U.S. Army Transportation Service March 1 1950 Assigned to Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) USNS BLUE JACKET T-AF-51 Placed In Service March 1 1950 - Placed Out of Service August 19 1970 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, VA Transferred September 1 1971 Maritime Administration Struck from Naval Register October 19 1971 Sold March 1 1973 to Andy International, Inc., Houston, TX for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USNS BLUE JACKET Covers Page 1     (1966)

 

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

 

U.S. Army Postal Service Postmark APO 69 Bremerhaven, Germany

1956-10-01

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
National Defense Service Medal (1)

NAMESAKE - A clipper ship which was built at East Boston, Mass., in 1854 and was named for the Shawnee Indian Chief who led his forces against U.S. troops under Gen. Anthony Wayne near Toledo, Ohio, on 20 August 1794

 

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