COMFORT AH 6

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.

Comfort Class Hospital Ship Keel Laid (Date unknown) as Maritime Commission type (C1-B) hull Launched March 18 1943 USS COMFORT AH-6 Commissioned May 5 1944 - Decommissioned April 19 1946 Struck from Naval Register April 19 1946 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Group Transferred to Maritime Commission November 25 1949 Declared surplus to Maritime Commission December 18 1949 TS STATE OF MAINE (Training Ship) Loaned to Maine Maritime Academy August 24 1953 and renamed Returned to Maritime Administration June 28 1962 Sold October 2 1967 to Southern Scrap Material Co., Beaumont, TX 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. Covers Page 1     (1944-45)

 

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

 

Locy Type 2z

1944-05-27

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 9efu

1945-09-11 to 1945-09-22

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Other Information

COMFORT earned 2 Battle Stars for WWII service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Okinawa, April 29 1945) - American Campaign Medal - Asian-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)

Personnel Awards...
Purple Hearts (28 KIA, 48 WIA, Okinawa, April 29 1945)

NAMESAKE - To assuage pain, to console

 

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