PIERCE APA 50

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.

Ormsby Class Attack Transport Keel Laid July 22 1942 Assigned to U.S. Navy as Naval Transport AP-95 Launched October 10 1942 as NORTHERN LIGHTS Reclassified and redesignated Attack Transport (APA) February 1 1943 USS PIERCE APA-50 Commissioned June 30 1943 - Decommissioned March 11 1946 Struck from Naval Register April 17 1946 Returned to Maritime Commission May 2 1946 AMERICAN PLANTER (Commercial Service) Transferred October 24 1947 to the United States Lines and renamed Returned to MARAD June 13 1965 and placed in reserve fleet Chartered to States Marine Lines for MSTS operation August 26 1965 Returned to MARAD November 17 1967 and placed in reserve fleet Purchased for scrap March 3 1969 Physically withdrawn from the reserve fleet March 25 1969 Scrapped May 1969 at Terminal Island, CA.

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1946)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2z*

1944-05-24

Censored, sailor's mail.

 

Locy Type 9efu

1946-01-24

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Other Information

PIERCE earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the China Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 7 Battle stars), the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) and two (2) Philippines Liberation Medals during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Counties in Georgia, Nebraska, North Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin.

 

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