PANDEMUS ARL 18
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.
Keel Laid July 20 1944 as Tank Landing Ship LST-650 Reclassified Landing Craft Repair Ship (ARL) August 14 1944 Named September 11 1944 Launched October 10 1944 |
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Postmarks
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.
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Postmark Type / Killer Bar Text |
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Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image |
Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image |
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Locy Type |
1946-07-30 |
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Notes:
2nd Commissioning December 14 1951 to September 30 1968
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Locy Type |
1966-08-25 |
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R/S cachet - Cachetmaker Unknown
Other Information
PANDEMUS received one battle star for World War II service
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2-Cuba) - Philippines Liberation Medal
NAMESAKE - A civic goddess in Egyptian and Greek mythology, perhaps of marriage, personifying earthly or common love
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