TORRANCE AKA 76
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 (Date unknown) Launched June 6 1944 Acquired by U.S. Navy June 20 1944 Struck from Naval Register July 3 1946 Sold September 15 1947 to Alcoa Steamship Co. NY, NY and renamed ALCOA ROAMER Sold March 30 1968 to Clairship Navigation Corp., NY, N.Y., and renamed ELDORADO Sold at auction January 20 1970 by U.S. Marshal to Levin Metals Corp. Sold May 4 1970 to Richmond Shipping Co. and renamed RICHMOND Resold 1970 to a Far East shipbreaker Resold for further trading and renamed SINGAPORE TRADER Ran aground October 1971 in the St. Lawrence Seaway Refloated, arrested in Montreal, Canada and sold at auction 1972 Scrapped August 1972 in Santander Spain |
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).
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- USS Torrance AKA-76 Covers Page 1 (1945-46)
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 Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Locy Type |
1945-11-19 |
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Note:
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Locy Type |
1946-05-29 |
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Post office discontinued May 28 1946
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Locy Type |
1945-03-15 |
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Mark from back of cover
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Locy Type |
1946-04-09 |
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Other Information
USS TORRANCE earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 battle star, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) and the Philippines Liberation Medal during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - A county in the State of New Mexico.
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