CAPELLA T-AKR 293

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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.

    Algol Class (Roll-on/Roll-off Vehicle) Cargo Ship
    Keel Laid (Date unknown)
    Launched September 1 1972 as SEA-LAND McLEAN
    Delivered to Sea-Land October 1 1972
    Acquired by U.S. Navy (Date unknown)

  1. USNS CAPELLA T-AK-293
    Assigned as Cargo Ship (AK) to Military Sealift Command

  2. USNS CAPELLA T-AKR-293
    Redesignated Roll-on/Roll-off Vehicle Cargo Ship (AKR) November 1 1983

    Returned to Maritime Administration custody October 1 2007
    Berthed at Alameda, CA

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

  1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

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Killer Bar Text

Date From
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USPS Machine

Hampton Roads, Virginia

1998-01-06

As T-AKR-293
Ship's marking

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
National Defense Service Medal - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

NAMESAKE - A first magnitude star in the constellation Auriga

 


 

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