GREENVILLE VICTORY T-AK 237

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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.

    Greenville Victory Class Cargo Ship
    Keel Laid March 21 1944 - Launched May 28 1944
    Delivered to WSA July 8 1944
    Placed in operation July 8 1944 under charter by Sea Shipping Co., NY, N.Y.
    Returned to Maritime Commission August 8 1946
    Chartered to Pacific Transport Lines, Inc.
    Returned to Maritime Commission January 1 1948
    Chartered to States Marine Corp. of Delaware
    Returned to Maritime Commission
    Acquired by U.S. Army Transportation Service March 30 1948

  1. USAT GREENVILLE VICTORY
    Commissioned March 30 1948 - Decommissioned March 1 1950
    Acquired by U.S. Navy March 1 1950
    Assigned to Military Sea Transportation Service

  2. USNS GREENVILLE VICTORY T-AK-237
    Placed In Service March 1 1950 - Out of Service (Date unknown)
    Transferred to Maritime Administration (MARAD) March 22 1976

    Struck from Naval Register January 16 1978
    Sold May 26 1983 for scrap

Naval Covers

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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     (1965)

 

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.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
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Thumbnail Link To
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US Army/Air Force/
Postal System/4-bar

1965-08-05

No Image

1965 Arctic Operations cachet. The ship had no postal facilities.


 

Locy Type
2(n+) (USS)

USS AMPHION AR-13

1968-11-23

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Other Information

USNS GREENVILLE VICTORY earned two (2) National Defense Service Medals, the Korean Service Medal, the Antarctic Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal (w/ 2 campaign stars), the United Nations Service Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal during her Naval career

NAMESAKE - Former name retained

 


 

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