WINDSOR APA 55

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.

Windsor Class Attack Transport Keel Laid July 23 1942 as EXCELSIOR Assigned to U.S. Navy as Transport AP-100 and renamed Launched December 29 1942 Redesignated Attack Transport (APA) February 1 1943 USS WINDSOR APA-55 Commissioned June 17 1943 - Decommissioned March 4 1946 Struck from Naval Register April 12 1946 Transferred August 1 1946 to War Shipping Administration for disposal PAUL REVERE (Commercial Service) Sold 1947 and renamed EXPEDITOR (Commercial Service) Sold 1949 to American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines and renamed Scrapped 1972 in Taiwan

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Windsor APA-55 Covers Page 1     (1943-45)

 

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

1943-11-16

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 9efu

1944-11-02

Courtesy of the Richard Hoffner collection. This piece was first postmarked on the ship (11/02/1944), then sent to Navy FPO 3115 (Hollandia New Guinea 11/02/1944). From there it went to Navy FPO 10088 (Postal Concentration Center, Pearl Harbor Hawaii 11/05/1944) and finally to Navy FPO 10461 (Commander In Chief, US Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor Hawaii 11/05/1944).

 

Other Information

USS WINDSOR earned the China Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 6 Campaign stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp), the Philippines Presidential Unit Citation and the Philippines Liberation Medal with 1 star during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Windsor County, Vermont.

 

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