MENDOCINO APA 100

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.

Bayfield Class Attack Transport Keel Laid 20 September 1943 - Launched 11 February 1944 Acquired by US Navy 23 April 1944 USS MENDOCINO APA-100 Placed in Ferry Commission 23 May - 3 June 1944 Commissioned (Full) 31 October 1944 - Decommissioned 27 February 1946 Struck from Naval Register 12 March 1946 Sold, 19 March 1947 to Pope and Talbot Steamship Co and renamed "P AND T SEAFARER" Sold, April 1957, to Moore-McCormack Lines Inc., renamed "SS Mormacwind" Sold, August 1966, to Grace Lines Inc., renamed "SS Santa Eliana" Sold, 1 February 1973, to Dolphin Lines Inc., renamed "SS Eliana" Scrapped 18 April 1973

Naval Covers

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1. USS Mendocino APA-100 Covers Page 1     (1945-1946)

 

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

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-10-13

Tokyo Bay

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1946-02-16

Note:

 

Locy Type 9efu

1945-03-25

Censored, Registered, Chaplains Mail. From the Gary B. Weiss collection.

 

Other Information

USS MENDOCINO earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 Battle star, the World War II Victory Medal and the Navy Occupation Service Medal w/ Asia clasp during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A county in northern California along the Pacific coast.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. William Tillotson.

 

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