TAGANAK AG 45

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.

Cargo Ship Built 1917 as "SS WAR SHELL" Launched September 29 1917 Acquired by the United States Shipping Board (USSB) Transferred to U.S. Navy for service as a mine carrier USS LAKE SHORE ID 1792 Commissioned January 11 1918 - Decommissioned March 5 1919 Struck from Naval Register (date unknown) Returned to the USSB March 6 1919 OLYMPIC (Merchant Service) Sold by USSB 1923 to E. K. Wood Lumber Co., San Francisco, CA. Reacquired by U.S. Navy May 23 1942 USS TAGANAK AG-45 Commissioned July 23 1942 - Decommissioned March 25 1946 Struck from Naval Register (date unknown) Sold November 15 1946 to Pillsbury and Martignoni Co., San Francisco, CA. for scrap OLYMPIC Resumed her previous name and put in service November 15 1946 GLENTO Resold 1947 to the Caribbean Land & Shipping Corp., of Panama and renamed PILHAMN Resold 1947 to Sven Dalen A/B, Stockholm, Sweden and renamed LULU Resold 1954 to the Levant Shipping Co. (S.A.L.), Beirut, Lebanon and renamed Scrapped February 1961 at Piraeus, Greece

Naval Covers

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1. TAGANAK Covers Page 1     (1943-44)

 

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

 

Locy Type 2z*

1943-xx-12

The ship had no postal facilities, so the cover was posted either on another ship or ashore.

 

Locy Type 2z

1946-02-02

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - LAKE SHORE - Named after Lake Shore Minnesota

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
World War I Victory Medal (with Transport clasp)

NAMESAKE - TAGANAK - An island in the Philippines.

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal.

 

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