CARDINAL AM 67

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.

Cardinal Class Minesweeper Keel Laid 20 April 1937 as M/V Jeanne d'Arc Launched 21 August 1937 Delivered 23 October 1937 Renamed CARDINAL 14 August 1940 Acquired by the Navy 19 August 1940 CARDINAL AM-67 Commissioned in Ordinary 28 August 1940 and started conversion to a Minesweeper USS CARDINAL AM-67 Commissioned in Full 2 November 1940 Conversion completed 22 April 1941 Decommissioned 8 September 1944 Transferred to the WSA for disposal 29 August 1945 Struck from the Naval Register 23 September 1944 Fate unknown.

Naval Covers

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1. USS Cardinal AM-67 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 3z

1940-11-01

Commissioning, cachet by Dr. Earl Brooks, sponsored by Walter Czubay, National Cachet Society. The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A crested red finch widely known in the eastern United States.

Five ships of the US Navy have borne the name CARDINAL - USS Cardinal AM-6, USS Cardinal AM-67, Cardinal AM-393 (Canceled in November 1945 before launching),
USS Cardinal AMS-4 and USS Cardinal MHC-60.

 

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