EASTLAND APA 163
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.
- Haskell Class Attack Transport
- EASTLAND (U.S. Maritime Commission) Acquired by U.S. Navy October 26 1944
- USS EASTLAND APA-163 Commissioned October 26 1944 - Decommissioned April 15 1946
Keel Laid July 4 1944 as Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) hull
Launched September 19 1944
Laid up April 16 1946 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA
Sold January 23 1974 to Consolidated Steel Corp. Brownsville, TX for scrap
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.
- Covers Page 1 (1945)
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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Postmark Type |
Date From to Date To |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Locy Type |
1944-11-26 |
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Note:
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Locy Type |
1945-05-14
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Mark from back of cover
Other Information
EASTLAND earned 1 Battle Star (WWII)
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Okinawa Gunto operation, Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto - Yakabi Shima, March - April 1945
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
NAMESAKE - A county in Texas
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