PCC 1599

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.

Adroit Class Minesweeper Keel Laid 11 May 1942 - Launched 7 September 1942 USS EXPLOIT AM-95 Commissioned 5 February 1943 USS PC-1599 Reclassified Submarine Chaser (PC) 1 June 1944 Damaged by grounding 1 June 1945 off Hagushi, Okinawa USS PCC-1599 Reclassified Control Submarine Chaser (PCC) 20 August 1945 Decommissioned 14 December 1945 Struck from the Naval Register 8 January 1946 Transferred to MARCOM for disposal 18 March 1949 Sold 18 March 1949 to the California Co. of New Orleans, LA Resold in 1961 to the Submarex Corp. of Santa Barbara, CA and renamed Exploit Fate unknown.

Naval Covers

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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1. USS Exploit AM-95 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

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

 

Locy Type 3z

1943-06-02

As AM-95. The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Deed, usually one of high accomplishment.

Two ships of the US Navy have born the name EXPLOIT - USS Exploit AM-95 and USS Exploit MSO-440

 

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