BOREAS AF 8

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.

Arctic Class Stores Ship
Built 1919 as "YAQUINA"
Renamed October 29 1921
Acquired by U.S. Navy December 6 1921
Laid up in reserve at Philadelphia Navy Yard until 1940


1. USS BOREAS AF-8
   Commissioned In Ordinary August 6 1940
   Commissioned (Full) March 24 1941 - Decommissioned February 15 1946
   
   Struck from Naval Register March 28 1946
   Transferred to War Shipping Administration 1946 for disposal
   
   Sold November 28 1947 for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1941-46)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image

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Post Office Established March 17 1941 - Disestablished January 28 1946

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 Mar 17, 1941

1941-03-17

First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type FDPS 9x

1941-03-17

First Day Postal Service
Favor strike on stamp block applied to cover

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)

1941-05-03

Late use of a 1893 Columbian envelope, signed by NMC

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)

1941-05-13

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)

1946-01-23

Cachet by Louis S. Pentel

 

Locy Type 3z (BBT)

1946-01-23

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 9v

1943-10-23 to 1943-11-13

Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type 9x

1941-12-17

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-42

1945-10-27

Navy Day. Not the official 1945 "Victory Cancel"

 

Locy Type LDC RECD Feb 15, 1946 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-R2

1946-02-15

Last Day in Commission

 

Other Information

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

NAMESAKE - In Greek mythology, the north wind personified. Represented as an old man with white beard and hair, Boreas was the king and the strongest of all winds.

 

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