WARREN APA 53
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.
- Sumter Class Attack Transport
- USS WARREN APA-53
Placed in Partial Commission February 19 - March 10 1943 for conversion
Commissioned (Full) August 2 1943 - Decommissioned March 14 1946
Struck from Naval Register April 17 1946
Returned to Maritime Commission August 1 1946 for disposal
- ARIZPA (Commercial Service)
Sold to Waterman Steamship Co. February 10 1947 and renamed
Converted to Container Vessel for Sea-Land Service May 13 1965
Operated by Litton Industries Leasing Corp, Wilmington, DE. 1966-76
Operated by Reynolds Leasing Corp, Wilmington, DE. 1976-79
Sold September 8 1977 for scrap
Keel Laid April 19 1942 as Maritime Commission type (C2-S-E1) hull
Launched September 7 1942 as JEAN LaFITTE
Assigned to U.S. Navy as Naval Transport AP-98 and renamed
Reclassified Attack Transport (APA) February 1 1943
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).
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- Covers Page 1 (1944-46)
Postmarks
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1946-01-30 |
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1945-11-27 |
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1944-12-19 |
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Censored wartime (WWII) use
Other Information
WARREN earned 5 Battle Stars for WWII service
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
NAMESAKE - Joseph Warren (June 11 1741 - June 17 1775)
Warren graduated with distinction from Harvard College in 1759. After a year as headmaster of the Roxbury Grammar School, he entered the medical profession and later practiced as a physician in Boston. There, he became interested in politics and formed an early association with the firebrand Samuel Adams. As the break in relations between the colonies and Great Britain approached, Warren abandoned his medical practice to enter military service. While still in Boston, he dispatched William Dawes and Paul Revere on their famous nocturnal rides to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams of approaching British troops on April 18 1775. Elected a Major General by the Provincial Congress on June 14, Warren went out to Bunker Hill to look over the defenses shortly before the British attack on the afternoon of June 17 1775. Although he consistently refused to take command, claiming that he would take part in the battle only as a volunteer, Warren eventually tried to exert leadership in rallying the colonial militia at Breed's Hill. Unfortunately, he was shot and killed by a British soldier while engaged in the attempt
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