BELLATRIX AF 62

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.

Alstede Class Stores Ship Keel Laid October 16 1944 a Maritime Commission, type (R2-S-BV1) hull Launched December 4 1944 FLEETWOOD Delivered to Maritime Commission June 21 1945 for operation by United Fruit Co. Transferred October 1946 to Pacific Far East Lines for operation Assigned to Military Sea Transportation Service April 1958 Transferred to U.S. Navy August 22 1961 and converted for Naval Service Renamed and designated October 13 1961 USS BELLATRIX AF-62 Commissioned November 18 1961 - Decommissioned September 30 1968 Struck from Naval Register September 30 1968 Scrapped 1969

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

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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NO BELLATRIX POSTMARKS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

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Other Information

Earned 5 Battle Stars (Vietnam)
* Vietnam Defense, November - December 1965
* Vietnamese Counteroffensive, December 1965 - June 1966
* Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II, February - April 1967
* Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III, November 1967 - January 1968
* Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV, May 1968 - June 1968

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
National Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3-Quemoy-Matsu, 7-Vietnam)
Vietnam Service Medal (5)
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (5)
Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

NAMESAKE - A bright white helium star, with a magnitude of 1.7, in the northern constellation Orion. It is Latin for "female warrior."

 

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