TARAZED AF 13
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.
- Mizar Class Stores Ship
- CHIRIQUI (Passenger-Cargo Ship) Delivered March 18 1932 to United Fruit Co.
- USS TARAZED AF-13
Commissioned June 14 1941 - Decommissioned January 4 1946
Struck from Naval Register January 21 1946
Transferred to Maritime Commission January 4 1946
- CHIRIQUI (Passenger-Cargo Ship)
Returned to United Fruit Co. named reverted
- BLEXEN (Commercial Service)
Sold in 1958 to Union-Partenreeders T/S, Bremen, Germany and renamed
Scrapped 1971
Built 1932 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA.
Acquired by U.S. Navy from Maritime Commission June 4 1941
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).
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- CHIRIQUI Covers Page 1 (1932-39)
- TARAZED Covers Page 1 (1941-44)
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 |
Date From to Date To |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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United Fruit Company |
1932-03-24 |
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As CHIRIQUI
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United Fruit Company |
1940-01-29 |
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As CHIRIQUI
First Day Cover for Washing Irving stamp. Contributed by Gary Denis.
Post Office Established August 6 1941 - Disestablished January 4 1946
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Locy Type |
1941-08-10 |
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First Day of Postal Service. Note: FDPS was Aug 9, 1941. The Type 3 cancel did not arrive until the next day.
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Locy Type |
1941-08-10 |
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Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson for the First Day of Postal Service. FDPS was Aug 9, 1941. The Type 3 cancel did not arrive until the next day.
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Locy Type |
1942-05-26 |
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Official Business
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Locy Type |
1942-05-26 |
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Mark from back of cover
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Locy Type |
1941-08-10 |
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Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson for FDPS...Posted 1 day late from actual date of 1941-08-09
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Locy Type |
1941-08-10 |
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Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson for FDPS...Posted 1 day late from actual date of 1941-08-09
Other Information
TARAZED earned the American Defense Medal (with Fleet clasp), the American Campaign Medal, the Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (w/ 1 Battle star) and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - A star in the constellation Aquila
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