HORNBILL MSC(O) 19

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.

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper Keel Laid 17 November 1942 - Launched 27 November 1943 USS YMS-371 Completed and commissioned 29 February 1944 Decommissioned 1 June 1946 USS HORNBILL AMS-19 Named and reclassified Motor Minesweeper (AMS) 18 February 1947 Assigned duty at San Francisco, CA as a Naval Reserve training vessel in November 1948 USS HORNBILL MSC(O)-19 Reclassified Coastal Minesweeper (Old), MSC(O) 7 February 1955 Decommissioned September 1957 Struck from the Naval Register 1 November 1959 Sold in 1961 to C. D. Anderson of San Antonio, TX for use as a tugboat and renamed Los Buscaderos Sold in 1963 to the San Juan Towing and Salvage Corp. of Guaynabo, PR for use as a freighter and renamed Peacock Out of documentation in November 1976 Believed to have sunk in 1979 off Scorpion Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island, CA.

Naval Covers

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1. USS Hornbill MSC(O)-19 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

 

USPO Machine Postmark Boston, MA Charlestown/Station/NS 29

1957-10-10

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

USS HORNBILL earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 2 Battle stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A large bulky bird, noted for the enormous size of the bill. Their flight is slow and heavy, and their plumage is chiefly black and white.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name HORNBILL - USS Hornbill AMc-13 and USS Hornbill MSC(O)-19.

 

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