ARIES AK 51

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.

Cargo Ship
Built 1918
Completed August 1918
Delivered to U.S. Navy September 21 1918
Assigned to Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS) as Collier


1. USS LAKE GENEVA
   Commissioned September 22 1918 - Decommissioned July 17 1919
   
   Struck from Naval Register 1919
   
   
2. JOHN J. O'HAGAN
   Sold 1925 to Bison Steam Ship Co., Tonawanda, N.Y. and renamed
   Purchased by Maritime Commission September 22 1941
   Transferred to U.S. Navy September 22 1941
   
   
3. MANOMET AG-37
   Designated Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG) October 15 1941 and renamed
   
   
4. ARIES AK-51
   Redesignated Cargo Ship (AK) January 7 1942 and renamed
   Delivered to Marine Lines of New York, N.Y.
   Operated under contract to Naval Transportation Service (NTS)
   Returned to U.S. Naval custody July 11 1942
   
   
5. USS ARIES AK-51
   Commissioned July 18 1942 - Decommissioned March 28 1946
   
   Struck from Naval Register April 17 1946
   Returned to Maritime Commission and name reverted to JOHN J. O'HAGAN
   
   
6. ADELANTO (Panamanian Registry)
   Sold 1948 to Adelanto SS Co. reflagged and renamed
   Sold 1950 to Hammond & Ghaggino, Panama
   
   Scrapped 1952

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).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

1. Covers Page 1     (1943-45)

 

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

 

NO ARIES POSTMARKS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

DATE FROM to DATE TO

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Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

NAMESAKE - A constellation located between Pisces and Taurus and depicted as a ram

 

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