GENERAL O H ERNST AP 133

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.

General G. O. Squier Class Transport Keel Laid June 29 1942 - Launched April 14 1943 Acquired by U.S. Navy March 31 1944 USS GENERAL O. H. ERNST AP-133 Commissioned (Partial) April 22 1944 - Decommissioned May 13 1944 Recommissioned (Full) July 15 1944 - Decommissioned August 15 1946 Struck December 13 1946 USAT GENERAL O. H. ERNST Placed in commission August 15 1946 Returned to Maritime Commission (Date unknown) CALMAR (Commercial Service) Sold April 1964 to Bethlehem Steel Corp. and renamed Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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1. USS O. H. Ernst AP-133 Covers Page 1     (1945-1946)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2z

1946-06-19

Note:

 

Locy Type 9efu

1945-06-26

Mark from back of cover

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Ships Marking

 

Return Address

1946-06-19

Close-up view of the ship's return address.

 

Ship's Marking

1945-11-17

Tokyo Bay marking 1945

 

Ship's Marking

1946-05-17

Tokyo Bay marking 1946. From the Wolfgang Hechler collection.

 

Other Information

USS General O. H. Ernst earned the American Campaign Medal, the Europe, Africa, Middle East Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Oswald Herbert Ernst (June 27, 1842 - March 21, 1926)
Ernst graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1864 and served at various posts with the Corps of Engineers and then as a member of the astronomical expedition to Spain in 1870. He served as Superintendent of the Military Academy from 1893 until 1898. During the Spanish-American War, he commanded a brigade in Puerto Rico, then served as Inspector General of Cuba until 1899. Later a member of the original Isthmian Canal Commission and in charge of river and harbor improvements at Baltimore, Galveston, and Chicago, General Ernst retired from active duty in 1906. Promoted to Major General in 1916, he died in Washington, D.C., March 21, 1926.

 

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