LEEDSTOWN APA 56

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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.

    Windsor Class Attack Transport
    Keel Laid August 26 1942 as EXCHEQUER
    Assigned to U.S. Navy August 26 1942 as WOOD AP-101
    Reclassified Attack Transport (APA) February 1 1943
    Launched February 13 1943
    Renamed March 17 1943

  1. USS LEEDSTOWN APA-56
    Commissioned July 16 1943 - Decommissioned March 7 1946

    Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown)
    Returned to Maritime Commission for disposal July 1 1946

  2. SS MINUTE MAN (Commercial Service)
    Sold 1947 to Shepard Steamship Co. and renamed

  3. SS EXILONA (Commercial Service)
    Resold (Date unknown) to American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines and renamed

    Sold April 1970 for scrap

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     (1945-46)

 

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.

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.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
to
Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image


 

Locy Type
2z

1946-01-15

Note:


 

Locy Type
9efu

1945-11-23
to
1945-11-29

Mark from back of cover

 

Other Information

LEEDSTOWN was awarded 6 battle stars for World War II service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

NAMESAKE - A city in Westmoreland County, Va., noted for the Leedstown Resolutions, which were drawn up by Richard Henry Lee during the Stamp Act crisis. The resolutions signed by 150 citizens, represented the first public defiance of the Stamp Act. Its principles were later embodied in the Declaration of Independence

 


 

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