PEGASUS IX 222

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.

Pegasus Class Cargo Ship
Built 1939 as RITA MAERSK
Name changed (Date unknown) to LARWIN
Acquired by U.S. Navy from Maritime Commission September 18 1941
Renamed October 15 1941


1. USS PEGASUS AK-48
   Commissioned December 3 1941
   
   
2. USS PEGASUS IX-222
   Redesignated Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX) May 15 1945
   Decommissioned April 19 1946
   Returned to Maritime Commission April 19 1946
   
   Struck from Naval Register May 1 1946
   Returned to owners 1946
   
   
3. RITA MAERSK (Danish Registry)
   Original name restored and placed in service 1946
   
   
4. KENNETH (Finnish Registry)
   Sold 1950 to a Finnish Co. and renamed
   
   
5. FALIRON (Greek Registry)
   Sold 1966 to a Greek Co. and renamed
   
   Probably scrapped or abandoned c1969
   Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

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1. Pegasus Covers Page 1    (1946)

 

Postmarks

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Locy Type FDPS P (3z with "USS PEGUSAS / FIRST DAY")

1942-05-28

As AK-48
First Day of Postal Service
Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 3z (BTB)

1946-03-25

As IX-222

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine LIberation Medal

NAMESAKE - A constellation in the skies of the Northern Hemisphere named for the winged horse which, according to Greek mythlogy, was borne from the body of Medusa at her death

 

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