TRANSCOLORADO T-AK 2005

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.

Marine Adder Class Transport Keel Laid March 7 1945 at Kaiser Co. Inc., Richmond, CA Launched May 16 1945 Marine Adder (Commercial Service) Delivered to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) for operation by its agent American President Lines on 5 October 1945 Operated as a troop transport allocated to Army requirements Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet February 13 1948 Acquired by the US Navy July 24 1950 USNS MARINE ADDER T-AP-193 Assigned to Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), placed in service August 1 1950 Placed out of service June 8 1957 Returned to MARAD for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet Struck from the Naval Register June 6 1958 Sold for commercial operation August 4 1967 to Hudson Waterways Corp.     converted to a cargo ship, renamed "SS Transcolorado" SS TRANSCOLORADO T-AK-2005 Time Chartered by MSC July 26 1968 and designated T-AK 2005 Scrapped on May 20 1988

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1969)

 

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	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Unused

1950-57

N/A

USNS MARINE ADDER T-AP 193. Ship's postcard.

 

Paquebot Duplex Christobal CZ

1969-06-30

N/A

SS TRANSCOLORADO T-AK 2005. Ship's mail.

 

Other Information

USNS MARINE ADDER earned the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal (w/ 8 Battle stars), the United Nations Service Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal during her Naval career.

 

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