DERICKSON

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.

PCS-1376 Class Patrol Craft Sweeper/Survey Ship Keel Laid down 25 April 1943 as PC-1458 Reclassified PCS-1458 April 1943 Launched 6 November 1943 USC&GS DERICKSON Loaned to the Coast and Geodetic Survey 17 May 1944 and Commissioned USC&GS DERICKSON AGS-6 Reclassified by U.S. Navy as a Survey Ship, AGS-6, 27 May 1944 Struck from the Navy Register and permanently transferred to Department of Commerce 23 November 1948 Sold in 1954 for $23,896.99 - Fate unknown.

Naval Covers

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1. USC&GS Derickson Covers Page 1     (1946)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 2# 230 Br. Adak AK

1946-05-23

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - Commander Richard B. Derickson (1873-1942), USC&GS, who rendered distinguished service in field assignments along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States and in the South Pacific Ocean, and had notable achievements as Assistant Chief of the Coast and Geodetic Survey's Hydrographic Division and Director of Coast Surveys in the Philippine Islands.

 

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