WAYNE APA 54

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.

Sumter Class Attack Transport Keel Laid April 20 1942 as AFOUNDRIA Redesignated Naval Transport (AP) and renamed on 26 October 1942 Launched December 6 1942 WAYNE AP-99 Reclassified Amphibious Attack Transport (APA-54), 1 February 1943 Acquired by U.S. Navy April 30 1943 USS WAYNE APA-54 Commissioned in ordinary on May 1 1943 for transit to Bethlehem Steel Corp., Key Highway Yard, Baltimore, MD. Decommissioned on 11 May 1943 for the duration of the conversion to naval service Recommissioned August 27 1943 - Decommissioned March 16 1946 Struck from Naval Register April 17 1946 Transferred 1 August 1946 to Maritime Commission War Shipping Administration for disposal Name reverted to AFOUNDRIA BEAUREGARD (Commercial Service) Sold 24 February 1947 to Waterman Steamship Corp, and renamed Sold several times over the years but always retained its name Scrapped May 1977 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan

 

Naval Covers

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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.

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

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2nd Commissioning August 27 1943 - March 16 1946

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1946-01-15

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Locy Type 2z

1944-09-28

Official Election War Ballot envelope

 

Locy Type 2z

1944-09-28

Official Election War Ballot envelope

 

Locy Type 2z*

1943-09-25

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Locy Type 2# (Br. #15957)

1945-12-12

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Locy Type 9ef(nu)

1946-01-13

Cachet by Harry Klotzbach

 

Locy Type LDPS 2(n)

1946-03-16

Last Day of Postal Service, Cachet by Leonard Borkowski
LDPS listed as Type 9ef(nu) dated March 26

 

Other Information

WAYNE earned the following awards during her Naval career - Combat Action Ribbon - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 7 Battle stars) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)

NAMESAKE - Counties in 16 states.

 

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