BOLD OSV 224

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.

Stalwart Class Ocean Surveillance Ship Keel Laid June 13 1988 - Launched May 24 1989 Delivered to the Navy October 16 1989 Assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) October 16 1989 USNS VIGOROUS T-AGOS-12 Placed in service October 16 1989 USNS BOLD T-AGOS-12 Renamed (date unknown) - Placed out of service March 3 2004 Struck from the Naval Register March 3 2004 BOLD OSV-224 (U.S. Government) Transferred to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) March 31 2004 Contract awarded September 1 2005 to Seaward Services Inc., Dania Beach, FL. to operate and maintain the ship BOLD EXPLORER (Research Vessel) Converted to perform geophysical and geotechnical survey work in Singapore in 2020. Renamed and operated by UK-based EGS Survey.

 

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. Covers Page 1     (1995)

 

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	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

USPS Machine Cancel Hampton Roads VA

1995-01-13

N/A

Ship's cachet and signed by the Master

 

Other Information

USNS Bold earned the National Defense Service Medal and a Chief of Naval Operations Letter of Commendation during her Naval career.

 

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