HERMITAGE AP 54
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.
Keel Laid down and Launched in 1925 as "SS CONTE BIANCAMANO" Interned at Balboa C.Z. in December 1941 Assigned to the US Navy April 3 1942 and converted to a Naval Transport USS HERMITAGE AP-54 Commissioned August 14 1942 - Decommissioned August 20 1946 Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown) Returned to Italian Government per Executive Order 9935 March 16 1948 Scrapped in Italy in 1960 |
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- Covers Page 1 (1945)
Postmarks
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1945-11-11 |
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Official Business
Other Information
USS HERMITAGE earned the American Campaign Medal, the Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (w/ 1 Battle star), the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - Hermitage is the name of President Andrew Jackson's famed estate just outside of Nashville, Tenn. Acquired by Jackson in 1788, the land was improved with a series of one floor log cabins by 1805. In 1819 Jackson built on the site a two story brick home with one story wings, one of which extended in the rear to form an ell. Hermitage was razed by fire in 1822 but rebuilt and today stands, a national shrine, exactly as it was when Jackson lived there. The seventh President of the United States died at the Hermitage 8 June 1845.
There have been two ships of the US Navy named HERMITAGE - USS Hermitage AP-54 and USS Hermitage LSD-34
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