KARNES APA 175

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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.

    Haskell Class Attack Transport
    Keel Laid (Date unknown) as Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) hull
    Launched November 7 1944
    Acquired by U.S. Navy December 3 1944

  1. USS KARNES APA-175
    Commissioned December 3 1944 - Decommissioned April 11 1946
    Returned to Maritime Commission April 24 1946
    Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA

    Struck from Naval Register May 1 1946
    Sold 1974 for scrap

Naval Covers

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  1. USS Karnes APA-175 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.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link
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Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link
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Cover Image


 

Locy Type P

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. K-29

1945-12-18

Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)


 

Locy Type P

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. K-29

1946-03-06

Printed envelope/Cachet by Harry E. and Lewis E. Klotzbach

 

Other Information

USS KARNES earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ one battle star, the World War II Victory Medal and the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A county in Texas.

 


 

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