COASTAL SENTRY T-AGM 15

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.

Alamosa Class Cargo Ship / Coastal Sentry Class Missile Range Instrumentation Ship Keel Laid 9 October 1944 - Launched 21 January 1945 Acquired by the US Navy from MARCOM 20 September 1945,         assigned the name and designation SOMERSET AK-212, never commissioned Returned to MARCOM 2 November 1945, renamed M/V COASTAL SENTRY Transferred to Stockard S Corp., 2 November 1945, under a General Agency Agreement Struck from the Naval Register 5 December 1945 Transferred to the War Department 2 August 1946 Returned to MARCOM 29 September 1949 Declared surplus by MARCOM 12 December 1949 Transferred to Matson Navigation Co., 17 November 1951 Returned to MARCOM 17 February 1954 Transferred to West Coast Trans-Oceanic SS Line, 10 May 1955 Returned to MARCOM 19 October 1955 Transferred to Coastwise Line, 22 May 1956 Returned to MARCOM 28 September 1956 Title transferred to the US Air Force 29 March 1957 Reacquired by the US Navy 1964 Converted to a Coastal Sentry Class Missile Range Instrumentation Ship USNS COASTAL SENTRY T-AGM-15 Assigned to MSTS and Placed in Service 1 July 1964 Placed out of Service 11 July 1968 and transferred to MARAD Sold and delivered 11 July 1968 for scrapping Struck from the Naval Register 9 October 1969

Naval Covers

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1. USNS Coastal Sentry T-AGM-15 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 2# 13757 Branch Sasebo, Japan

1966-09-29

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

USNS COASTAL SENTRY earned the National Defense Service Medal during her Naval career.

 

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