W.W.ll U.S.S STEROPE (AK-96) 1944 Thanksgiving Menu & Personnel photo,& Letter

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Conflict:WW II (1939-45)
Original/Reproduction:Original
Theme:Militaria
Region of Origin:United States

eBay This lot includes Thanksgiving menu photo of one of the navy soldiers a letter from the salior sent home to his family from abroad the U.S.S Sterope Ak 96from the flyer was created by someone on the ship art work on cover is faded A letter to his men was written by the commanding officer Lieutenant Toolin wishing them a Happy Thanksgiving And hoping next year that they will all be at home ..S.S STEROPE (AK-96) 1944 Thanksgiving Day Menu & Enlisted Personnel List.USS Sterope (AK-96)was aCrater-classcargo shipcommissioned by theU.S. Navyfor service inWorld War II. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone.Built to the basic EC2 hull shape of a Liberty ship as the SS James Wilson for the Maritime Commission, she was launched 22 Feb 1942, and appears to have made at least one trip under this name before on 27 Mar 1943 being acquired by the US Navy and commissioned on 14 May 1943 as theUSS Sterope (AK-96)as depicted above. She had a crew of 19 Officers and 188 crew.As theUSS Steropeshe delivered supplies to generally American force sin the Pacific theatre of operations, including the battles for Guam, and Okinawa before returning to San Francisco for overhaul. Post war she spent six months carrying stores to Guam before being decommissioned at Pearl Harbour on 16 May 1946. In August 1947 she was towed to San Franciso and returned to the Maritime Commission. Laid up as part of the National Defence Reserve Fleet, her name reverted toSS James WilsonShe was sold for scrapping on 16 Aug 1963. Asiatic-Pacific CampaignsCampaign and DatesCampaign and DatesMarianas operation Capture and occupation of Guam, 21 July to 9 August 1944 .

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