WINDSOR APA 55

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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.

    Windsor Class Attack Transport
    Keel Laid July 23 1942 as EXCELSIOR
    Assigned to U.S. Navy as Transport AP-100 and renamed
    Launched December 29 1942
    Redesignated Attack Transport (APA) February 1 1943

  1. USS WINDSOR APA-55
    Commissioned June 17 1943 - Decommissioned March 4 1946

    Struck from Naval Register April 12 1946
    Transferred August 1 1946 to War Shipping Administration for disposal

  2. PAUL REVERE (Commercial Service)
    Sold 1947 and renamed

  3. EXPEDITOR
    Sold 1949 to American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines and renamed

    Scrapped 1972 in Taiwan

Naval Covers

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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  1. Covers Page 1     (1945)

 

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.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image


 

Locy Type
9efu

1945-12-31

Note:

 

Other Information

WINDSOR earned five battle stars for her World War II service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)

NAMESAKE - Windsor County, Vermont

 


 

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