MONITOR LSV 5

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.

Osage Class Landing Ship Vehicle
Keel Laid October 21 1941
Launched January 29 1943 as Net Layer AN-1
Reclassified Transport (AP) August 2 1943


1. USS MONITOR AP-160
   Placed in Ferry Commission March 18 - April 2 1944
   Redesignated Landing Ship Vehicle (LSV) April 21 1944
   
   
2. USS MONITOR LSV-5
   Commissioned (Full) June 14 1944 - Decommissioned May 22 1947
   Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Texas Group
   Reclassified Mine Countermeasures Support Ship (MCS) October 18 1956, While in reserve
   
   Struck from Naval Register September 1 1961
   Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1945)

 

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.

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-05-03

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type P (unlisted from 9efu)

1945-09-02

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Other Information

MONITOR earned 4 battle stars for World War II service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Acton Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

NAMESAKE - A person or thing that warns or instructs. Ericsson suggested the name hoping that his novel warship would admonish the South and Great Britain which was then sympathetic to the Confederacy

 

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