BESBORO AG 66
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.
Built 1918 at Albina Engine and Machine Works Inc., Portland, OR Official Number: 217293 Owner listed as C. W. Cook c1924-5 Owner listed as The Charles Nelson Company Inc. from c1926-7 to 1937 Delivered to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) on 2 February 1942 Allocated to the U.S. Army and operated by Burns and Alaska Steamship Company under an Army charter agreement Acquired U.S. Navy June 8 1943 Transferred to War Shipping Administration July 1 1946 for disposal Struck from Naval Register October 8 1946 Lloyd's Casualty Returns 1960 page 36 lists the ship as being broken up in Formosa during the quarter ended December 31 1960 |
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.
- 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.
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.
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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Post office established November 1 1943 - Disestablished June 17 1945
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Locy Type |
1944-04-12 |
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This cancel is not identified with the ship, so the cover was posted either on another ship or ashore.
Other Information
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
NAMESAKE - An island in Norton Sound off the coast of Alaska
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