HANOVER APA 116

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.

Bayfield Class Attack Transport Keel Laid (Date unknown) as Maritime Commission type (C3-S-A2) hull Launched August 18 1944 Acquired by U.S. Navy March 31 1945 USS HANOVER APA-116 Commissioned March 31 1945 - Decommissioned May 11 1946 Returned to Maritime Commission May 12 1946 Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown) HAWAIIAN WHOLESALER (Commercial Service) Sold 1947 to Matson Navigation Co. and renamed. Ship 'official number' is 252633 VENTURA (#3) (Commercial Service) Transferred 1961 to Oceanic Steamship Co, a Matson subsidiary, and renamed VENTURA (Commercial Service) Sold, 21 January 1971, to Pacific Far East Lines, name retained ENTU (Commercial Service) Sold, 6 April 1972, to Excelsior Marine Corp. and renamed Sold for scrap to Taiwan in 1972

Naval Covers

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1. 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 2(n)

1945-12-19

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Locy Type 2z

1945-04-23

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Locy Type 9ef(nu)

1946-05-07

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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 - A county in Virginia

 

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