LANIER APA 125

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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 June 22 1944 - Launched August 29 1944
    Completed and accepted by the US Navy December 22 1944

  1. USS LANIER APA-125
    Commissioned December 22 1944 - Decommissioned March 5 1946

    Struck from the Naval Register March 20 1946
    Returned to the Maritime Commission March 8 1946
    Sold for scrapping April 9 1973

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     (1945-46)

 

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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Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
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Cover Image



 

Locy Type
SLPts (USS)
(40x3)

1946-02-05
to
1946-02-05

Cachet by George Neumann. Although the cachet is for the Last Day of Commission, that event didn't happen until March 5 1946.


 

Locy Type 7z*

1945-03-08

N/A

Censored Sailor's Mail. The USS Lanier is not known to have a Type 7 device so this postmark originated on another ship or shore location.

 

Other Information

USS LANIER received the following awards during her Naval career - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w 1 Battle Star) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp).

NAMESAKE - A county in southern Georgia.

 


 

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