LIPAN WMEC 85

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.

Navajo Class Fleet Ocean Tug Keel Laid May 30 1942 - Launched September 17 1942 USS LIPAN AT-85 Commissioned April 29 1943 USS LIPAN ATF-85 Redesignated April 13 1944 - Decommissioned July 31 1973 USNS LIPAN T-ATF-85 Placed In Service with the Military Sealift Command July 31 1973 USCGC LIPAN WMEC-85 Transferred to US Coast Guard and Commissioned September 30 1980 Decommissioned March 31 1988 LIPAN ATF-85 Returned to US Navy custody June 7 1988 Struck from Naval Register January 23 1989 Sunk as target November 1990

Naval Covers

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1. ATF-85 Covers Page 1     (1943-73)
2. WMEC-85 Covers Page 1     (1976)

 

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

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Post Office Established April 22 1943 - Disestablished February 22 1945

 

Locy Type 2z*

1943-05-10 to 1943-05-18

Mark from back of cover

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USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Terminal Navy Sta." Honolulu HI

1962-01-17

As ATF-85
Ship's Directory Service marking found on the back of this cover.

 

USPS Machine Cancel San Diego CA

1978-03-28

N/A

As T-ATF-85

 

USPS Roller Cancel Key West FL

1985-10-07

As WMEC-85
Ship's cachet

 

USPS Roller Cancel Key West FL

1985-10-07

N/A

As WMEC-85
Close-up view of the Ship's cachet

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (with 2 battle stars) - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (with 4 battle stars) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2-Vietnam) - Vietnam Service Medal (with 3 battle stars) - Humanitarian Service Medal (1 for Op. Frequent Wind) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (2) - Philippines Liberation Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korean War Service Medal.

NAMESAKE - An Indian tribe of the Apache linguistic stock found in Southwestern North America.

 

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