KENT AP 28
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.
Steel-hulled Screw Steamer Returned to Grace Lines of New York 1919 Acquired by U.S. Army Transportation Service April 1941 and renamed Decommissioned March 24 1942 Returned to U.S. Army Transportation Service and renamed Struck from Navy Register May 8 1943 Converted to Hospital Ship Out of Service (Date unknown) Returned to War Shipping Administration Transferred to U.S. Public Health Service April 1946 Used as floating isolation ward at Jacksonville, FL Returned to Maritime Commission April 14 1947 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet Brunswick, GA Transferred April 14 1948 to National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Virginia Sold May 20 1957 to Bethlehem Steel Corp. for scrap |
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Postmarks
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USS SANTA TERESA SP-3804
Post Office Established 17 Oct 1918 - Post Office Discontinued 16 September 1919
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Locy Type 3 |
1919-08-08 |
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Sailors Mail. Postmark unreported in USCS Postmark Catalog, 5th Edition 2005.
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Locy Type 9z |
1919-06-07 |
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Sailors Mail, Knights of Columbus envelope. Postmark unreported in USCS Postmark Catalog, 5th Edition 2005.
S.S. SANTA TERESA
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USPO |
1941-01-01 |
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Note:
USS KENT AP-28
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Locy Type |
1941-11-03 |
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First Day of Postal Service
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Locy Type |
1941-11-03 |
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First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson
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Locy Type |
1941-11-28 |
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Money Order Receipt, S/N 1. From the David Kent collection.
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N/A |
1941-11-28 |
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N/A |
US Postal Money Order, S/N 1. From the David Kent collection.
USAHS ERNEST HINDS
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N/A |
Sept. 1943 |
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N/A |
Picture postcard
ERNEST HINDS (Post Military)
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c 1956 |
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Picture postcard, from the David Kent collection.
Other Information
USS KENT/USAT ERNEST HINDS earned the following awards - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp); American Campaign Medal; Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal
NAMESAKE
SANTA TERESA - A suburb of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
KENT - Former name retained
ERNEST HINDS - Major General Ernest Hinds, U. S. Army
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