WORLD WARII Censored Illustrated V-MAIL Letter USS Auriga Historic Ship WW2

Description

USS
Auriga
(AK-98), 1943-1946
USS
Auriga
, a 5,006-ton C1-B type cargo ship, was built at Wilmington, Delaware, in 1942 as SS
Alcoa Partner
and was commissioned in the Navy in April 1943. She was initially used to transport supplies to islands in the central and south Pacific, including Fiji, New Caledonia, Wallis, Funafuti, Tarawa, Eniwetok, and Kwajalein. In mid-1944 she began to be used in support of amphibious landings, and participated in or supported landings at Saipan, Leyte Gulf, Luzon, and Okinawa.
After receiving repairs at San Francisco in May and June 1945,
Auriga
made a cargo voyage to Espiritu Santo. She then loaded supplies at Guam and proceeded to Yokosuka to support the occupation of Japan. She left Japan in late November with a full load of servicemen and cargo headed home to New York. In January 1946 she was decommissioned at New York and returned to the Maritime Commission. She returned to merchant service as
Alcoa Partner
, was laid up in the Maritime Commission reserve fleet in 1963, and was scrapped in 1970.
This page features our only view of USS
Auriga
.
Letter is in good condition with a very light horizontal fold and a small chip in the lower right corner. There is also a staple under the G in greetings.
Censors Stamp present in the upper left corner.
Shipping is .90 First Class Package. Letter will be protected by heavy cardboard. I always combine shipping.