STENTOR ARL 26
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.
- Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship
- USS STENTOR ARL-26
Placed in Ferry Commission December 22 1944 - January 9 1945
Commissioned (Full) April 28 1945 - Decommissioned December 1947
Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
Struck from Naval Register July 1 1960
Sold January 23 1961 to Diesel Parts Corp. New York for scrap
Projected as Tank Landing Ship LST-858
Redesignated Landing Craft Repair Ship (ARL) August 14 1944
Keel Laid September 21 1944 - Launched November 11 1944
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).
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- Covers Page 1 (1946-47)
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.
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THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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| POSTMARK TYPE | DATE FROM to DATE TO |
THUMBNAIL LINK TO CLOSE-UP IMAGE |
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Locy Type |
1947-10-12 |
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Note: Cachet Category Columbus Day and Cachet Maker Donald R. Graf
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1946-11-18 |
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1947-08-11 |
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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
NAMESAKE - A Greek herald in the Trojan War noted for his loud voice
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