SHERIDAN APA 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.

Ormsby Class Attack Transport Keel Laid August 5 1942 as MESSENGER Assigned to U.S. Navy October 5 1942 as Naval Transport SHERIDAN AP-96 Launched October 10 1942 Reclassified February 1 1943 as Attack Transport (APA) USS SHERIDAN APA-51 Commissioned July 31 1943 - Decommissioned March 5 1946 Returned to Maritime Commission April 7 1946 for disposal Struck from Naval Register April 12 1946 AMERICAN SCIENTIST (Commercial Service) Sold October 24 1947 to the United States Lines and renamed Damaged by explosion and scrapped 1969

Naval Covers

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1. 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

1945-09-02

Tokyo Bay

 

Locy Type 9efu

1946-01-(26)

The cancel was applied to the reverse of the cover.

 

Other Information

SHERIDAN received six battle stars for her World War II service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

Personnel Awards...
Purple Heart (2-KIA, 6-WIA at Saipan - PhM1c Patrick W. Ryan, and S1/c Robert A. Wilder, buried at sea, 18 June 1944)

NAMESAKE - Counties in Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Wyoming named for United States Army General Philip H. Sheridan who rose to prominence as a Union leader during the Civil War

 

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