WILDCAT AW 2
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.
Ordered as Maritime Commission type (Z-ET1-S-C3) Liberty Ship tanker LEON GODCHAUX Reallocated to the Navy before construction began Renamed WILDCAT and designated IX-130, 27 October 1943 Keel Laid November 16 1943 Launched January 7 1944 Reclassified Distilling Ship (AW) February 4 1944 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia Group Transferred May 15 1947 to National Defense Reserve Fleet, Astoria Group Struck from Naval Register June 10 1947 Owner listed as US Maritime Commission at least until 1950 Official Number: 244990 By 1952, owner listed as US Department of Commerce The entry in Lloyd's Registry of Shipping 1968 is first time where WILDCAT appears as a former name Sold February 19 1968 to Zidell Explorations Inc. Portland, OR for scrap Lloyd's Casualty Return for 1971 has an entry for LEON GODCHAUX indicating it was dismantled |
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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- Covers Page 1 (1944)
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.
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THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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1944-11-15 |
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Censored wartime (WWII) use
Other Information
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
NAMESAKE - A small cat native to Europe
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