TORRANCE AKA 76

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.

Tolland Class Attack Cargo Ship Keel Laid (Date unknown) Launched June 6 1944 Acquired by U.S. Navy June 20 1944 USS TORRANCE AKA-76 Commissioned November 18 1944 - Decommissioned June 20 1946 Struck from Naval Register July 3 1946 ALCOA ROAMER (Commercial Service) Sold September 15 1947 to Alcoa Steamship Co. NY, NY and renamed ELDORADO Sold March 30 1968 to Clairship Navigation Corp., NY, N.Y., and renamed Sold at auction January 20 1970 by U.S. Marshal to Levin Metals Corp. RICHMOND (Panamanian Registry) Sold May 4 1970 to Richmond Shipping Co. and renamed Resold 1970 to a Far East shipbreaker SINGAPORE TRADER Resold for further trading and renamed Ran aground October 1971 in the St. Lawrence Seaway Refloated, arrested in Montreal, Canada and sold at auction 1972 Scrapped August 1972 in Santander Spain

Naval Covers

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1. USS Torrance AKA-76 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.

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 3z (BBT)

1945-11-19

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Locy Type 3z (BBT) (used after POD)

1946-05-29

Post office discontinued May 28 1946

 

Locy Type 9efu

1945-03-15 to 1945-03-25

Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type CD-R2

1946-04-09

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Other Information

USS TORRANCE earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 battle star, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) and the Philippines Liberation Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A county in the State of New Mexico.

 

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