RIVERSIDE APA 102

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.

Bayfield Class Attack Transport Keel Laid November 11 1943 - Launched April 13 1944 Acquired by U.S. Navy June 29 1944 USS RIVERSIDE APA-102 Placed in Ferry Commission June 29 - July 8 1944 Commissioned (Full) December 18 1944 - Decommissioned April 27 1946 Laid up April 28 1946 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, VA Struck from Naval Register May 8 1946 Transferred May 28 1947 to Pope & Talbot Inc. P&T FORRESTER (Commercial Service) Sold December 1948 to Pacific Argentina Brazil lines (P&T) and renamed MORMACWAVE Sold March 1957 to Moore McCormack Lines Inc. and renamed SANTA LEONOR Sold August 1966 to Grace Lines Inc. and renamed Ran aground March 31 1968, on Isabel Island, Straits of Magellan Abandoned and later sank

Naval Covers

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1. USS Riverside APA-102 Covers Page 1     (1946)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1946-01-12

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge and sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu)

1946-01-12

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge and sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

 

Locy Type LDPS 2(n)

1946-04-27

Last Day Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Other Information

USS RIVERSIDE earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) and the Philippines Liberation Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A county in California.

 

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