GRAFFIAS AF 29

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.

Hyades Class Stores Ship Keel Laid 1943 Launched December 12 1943 as TOPA TOPA Acquired by U.S. Navy February 19 1944 and renamed USS GRAFFIAS AF-29 Commissioned October 28 1944 - Decommissioned December 19 1969 Laid up May 20 1970 in National Defense Reserve, Suisun Bay Group Transferred to Maritime Administration May 15 1974 Struck from Naval Register May 1974 Sold to Dongkuk Steel Co., of America for scrap

 

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).

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1. Covers Page 1     (1946-69)

 

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

 

Locy Type 2

1951-06-16

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Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1969-09-08

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Locy Type 2tnu

1949-11-17

Armistice Day cachet by Donald R. Graf

 

Locy Type 2z

1946-02-16

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Locy Type 9efu USCS Catalog Illustration G-20

1947-11-29

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Locy Type 9efu USCS Catalog Illustration G-20a

1954-06-26

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Other Information

GRAFFIAS earned 8 battle stars for Korean War service and 7 campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (8) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3-Taiwan Straits, 25-Quemoy-Matsu, 4-Vietnam) - Vietnam Service Medal (7) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

NAMESAKE - Common name of the Star Beta Scorpii in the constellation Scorpio

 

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