YUCCA IX 214

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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.

    Mobile Floating Storage Tanker
    Built in 1920 as tanker SS UTACARBON
    Chartered Union Oil Co. 24 April 1942
    Reacquired by WSA 13 January 1943
    Leased to the Soviet Union, renamed SS VARLAAM AVANESOV, reflagged USSR
    Returned to WSA in February 1945
    Transferred to the Union Oil Co., 1 March 1945, renamed SS UTACARBON, re-flagged US
    Acquired by the US Navy 4 July 1945
    Renamed YUCCA 9 March 1945
    Converted for naval service at San Francisco, CA.

  1. USS YUCCA IX-214
    Commissioned 9 July 1945 - Decommissioned 19 February 1946

    Returned to the WSA for disposal 19 February 1946
    Struck from the Naval Register 12 March 1946
    Sold for scrapping 24 January 1947

Naval Covers

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  1. USS Yucca IX-214 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

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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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Locy Type
2z

1946-01-07

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

USS YUCCA earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Yucca is a genus of perennial shrubs and trees in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. Its 40-50 species are notable for their rosettes of evergreen, tough, sword-shaped leaves and large terminal panicles of white or whitish flowers. They are native to the hot and dry (arid) parts of the Americas and the Caribbean.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name YUCCA - USS Yucca (1864 Steamer) and USS Yucca IX-214.

 


 

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