VALENTINE AF 47

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.

Adria Class Stores Ship Keel Laid 1944 Launched February 3 1945 as PIER BEND Acquired by U.S. Navy June 19 1945 and renamed USS VALENTINE AF-47 Commissioned July 19 1945 - Decommissioned August 6 1946 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Group Struck from Naval Register October 8 1946 Transferred October 9 1946 to War Department for disposal Operated June 13 1947 by Northland Transportation Co. Chartered by War Department September 23 1947 Laid up October 31 1959 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia Group Custody assumed July 5 1951 by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) Laid up April 16 1959 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Group Acquired by Point Adams Packing Co. January 30 1967 Delivered February 8 1967 NORTHGATE (Commercial Service) Renamed March 20 1967 Used in fish processing through May 1967 Fate unknown

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 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.

 

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Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

NAMESAKE - An asteroid, number 447, discovered by the astronomers Wolf and Schwassmann in October 1899

 

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