SGT CURTIS F SHOUP T-AG 175

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.

Alamosa Class Cargo Ship Keel Laid April 16 1945 Launched May 25 1945 SS SPINDLE EYE (Transport) Delivered to the War Shipping Administration July 9 1945 Bareboat chartered to the War Department July 26 1945 for operation by the Army Served as a radio relay ship at the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests USAT SGT. CURTIS F. SHOUP Converted to an Army passenger-cargo vessel and renamed November 1947 Laid up in the Maritime Administration's National Defense Reserve Fleet in 1950 Transferred to the US Navy and assigned to MSTS January 16 1963 USNS SGT. CURTIS F. SHOUP T-AG-175 Placed in service March 1 1963 Placed out of service December 20 1969 Returned to MARAD January 22 1970 Struck from the Naval Register April 28 1970 Sold for scrapping May 9 1973

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1965)

 

Postmarks

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

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Army & Air Force Postal Service Machine Cancel

19(--)-02-23

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USCS/MSTS R/S cachet

 

Other Information

USNS SGT. CURTIS F. SHOUP earned the National Defense Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - SSGT. Curtis F. Shoup, USA (January 11, 1921 – January 7, 1945)
Staff Sergeant Shoup, Company I, 346th Infantry, 87th Infantry Division, was awarded the Medal of Honor for acts of bravery near Tillet, Belgium on January 7, 1945.
Shoup also earned the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Military Medal (United Kingdom), the Croix de Guerre (Belgium), the Order of Léopold (Belgium) and the Combat Infantryman Badge.

 

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