THURSTON AP 77
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 December 9 1941 at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J Launched April 4 1942 as DELSANTOS Delivered July 11 1942 to the Mississippi Shipping Co. Acquired by U.S. Navy September 13 1942 Renamed THURSTON on September 18 1942 to avoid confusion with a Canadian ship Name reverted to DELSANTOS |
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).
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.
- Covers Page 1 (1943-44)
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.
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Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Locy Type |
1943-09-03 |
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Censored wartime (WWII) use
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Locy Type |
1944-07-02 |
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Locy Type |
1946-06-19 |
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Other Information
THURSTON received 6 battle stars for World War II service
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (May 28 1944) - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Service Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
NAMESAKE - Counties in Nebraska and Washington
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