AMADOR AK 158

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.

Alamosa Class Cargo Ship Keel Laid December 27 1943 as Maritime Commission type (C1-M-AV1) hull Launched June 15 1944 Acquired U.S. Navy August 10 1944 USS AMADOR AK-158 Commissioned October 9 1944 - Decommissioned October 23 1944 Converted to Ammunition Tender, not redesignated Recommissioned November 25 1944 - Decommissioned June 20 1946 Struck from Naval Register July 19 1946 Returned to Maritime Commission July 23 1946 Sold March 23 1948 to Sudden & Christensen, Inc., agents for Rederacti Edolajet Signy for merchant service MV SKAGERN (Merchant Service) Reflagged Sweden April 13 1948 and renamed MV NICOLOAS (Merchant Service) Sold 1963, reflagged Greece MV DINA (Merchant Service) Renamed (date unknown) MV ALKISTIS (Merchant Service) Renamed 1973 Scrapped in Spain 1980

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).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

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 incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.
 
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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Post Office Established August 1 1944 - Disestablished February 15 1946

 

NO AMADOR POSTMARKS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - A county in the state of California

 

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