ALCYONE AKA 7

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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.


    Arcturus Class Attack Cargo Ship
    Keel Laid January 12 1939 as Maritime Commission type (C2) hull
    Launched August 28 1939 as MORMACGULL
    Operated by The Moore-McCormack Lines
    Purchased by U.S. Navy May 31 1941

  1. USS ALCYONE AK-24
    Commissioned June 15 1941

  2. USS ALCYONE AKA-7
    Reclassified Attack Cargo Ship (AKA) November 26 1942
    Decommissioned July 23 1946

    Struck from Naval Register August 15 1946

  3. STAR ALCYONE (Commercial Service)
    Sold March 17 1947 and renamed

    Scrapped 1969

 

Naval Covers

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  1. Alcyone Covers Page 1    (1944-46)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type / Killer Bar Text

Date From
to
Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Close-Up Image
Thumbnail Link To
Full Cover Image

Post Office Established August 18 1941 - Disestablished July 3 1946


 

Locy Type
FDC 3

1941-06-15

As AK-24
Commissioning, cachet by Louis & Mae Weigand
ALCYONE FDC is backdated. Post Office Established August 18 1941, First Day of Postal Service was August 28 1941.


 

Locy Type
FDPS 3 Aug 28, 1941

1941-08-28

As AK-24
First Day of Postal Service
Tazewell G. Nicholson


 

Locy Type
FDPS 9x

1941-08-28

As AK-24
First Day of Postal Service
Tazewell G. Nicholson


 

Locy Type
3 (A-BBT)

1941-11-11

As AK-24
Armistice Day
Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell


 

Locy Type
3z (BBT)

1944-11-13

As AKA-7. Censored Officer's Mail.


 

Locy Type
9v

1946-06-05

As AKA-7


 

Locy Type
9efw

1946-06-05

As AKA-7


 

Locy Type
LDPS 3 Jul 13, 1946

"NORFOLK /
VIRGINIA"

1946-07-13

As AKA-7
Last Day Postal Service

 

Other Information

ALCYONE earned 8 Battle Stars (WWII)
* Sicilian occupation
July 1943
* Gilbert Islands operation
Makin Island landing, November 1943
* Marshall Islands operation
Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, January - February 1944
* Marianas operation
Capture and occupation of Guam, July 1944
* Leyte operation
Leyte landings, October 1944
* Luzon operation
Lingayen Gulf landings, January 1945
* Manila Bay-Bicol operations
Zambales-Subic Bay, January 1945
* 3rd Fleet operations against Japan
July - August 1945

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon - Navy Unit Commendation - American Defense Medal - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (7) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal

NAMESAKE - Named for the brightest star in the constellation Pleiades.

 


 

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