TRIUMPH MMC 3
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.
Keel Laid October 27 1942 for the Royal Navy as HMS ESPOIR BAM 23 Renamed/reclassified TRIUMPH AM 323 January 23 1943 Launched February 25 1943 Recommissioned February 28 1952 Decommissioned August 29 1955 Conversion to a Coastal Minelayer (MMC) began December 1 1959 Struck from the Naval Register March 1 1961 - Scrapped in 1978 |
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).
Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.
- Covers Page 1 (1954,1961)
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.
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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Postmark Type |
Postmark Date |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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1st Commissioning February 3 1944 to January 30 1947
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Locy Type |
1946-08-22 |
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AM 323. The postmark was used after the post office had been discontinued. Cachet by Ted Harrington.
2nd Commissioning February 28 1952 to August 29 1955
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Locy Type 2r |
1954-11-12 |
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AM 323. Sailor mail.
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Locy Type |
1954-12-24 |
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AM 323. Receipt for Registered Article
Norwegian Service January 27 1961 to 1978
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Locy Type |
1961-02-18 |
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N/A |
KNM Brage N 49 Welcome to Norfolk, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson
Other Information
USS TRIUMPH was awarded six battle stars for her World War II service.
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