FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE AP 70
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.
Built 1940 as Maritime Commission type (C3) hull Launched April 28 1940 as MORMACSUN Completed and delivered to Moore McCormack Lines May 1941 Acquired by War Shipping Administration December 20 1941 Acquired by U.S. Navy September 13 1942 |
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).
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- Covers Page 1 (1946)
Postmarks
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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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Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Locy Type |
1945-07-03 |
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Note:
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1946-03-03 |
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Note:
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Locy Type |
1944-09-26 |
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Censored Sailor's mail
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Locy Type |
1946-04-13 |
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Last Day of Postal Service
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Locy Type |
1946-04-13 |
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Close-up view of the ship's return address
Other Information
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE received the following awards during her Naval career - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (w/ 3 Battle stars) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 1 Battle star) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp).
NAMESAKE - Florence Nightingale (May 12 1820 - August 13 1910)
Founder of modern nursing. Against the wishes of her family, she entered the profession of nursing, at that time not considered a possible occupation for a gently raised young lady. She organized nursing service in the field in the Crimean War, and throughout her life made notable humanitarian contributions to the advancement of both military and civilian hospital and public health services. Immortalized by Longfellow as the "Lady with the Lamp," Miss Nightingale died August 13 1910.
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