GUADALCANAL CVU 60

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.

Casablanca Class Escort Aircraft Carrier Keel Laid 5 January 1943 as Aircraft Escort Vessel ASTROLABE BAY AVG-60 Reclassified Auxiliary Carrier (ACV) 20 August 1942 Renamed 3 April 1943 - Launched 5 June 1943 Redesignated Escort Carrier (CVE) 15 July 1943 USS GUADALCANAL CVE-60 Commissioned 25 September 1943 - Decommissioned 15 July 1946 USS GUADALCANAL CVU-60 Redesignated Utility Carrier (CVU) 15 July 1955, while in reserve Struck from Naval Register 27 May 1958 Sold 30 April 1959 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Guadalcanal CVE-60 Covers Page 1     (1943-1946)

 

Postmarks

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

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Post office established 20 September 1943 - Disestablished 8 March 1946

 

Locy Type 2(n) "NAVY / DAY / 1945"

1945-10-27

Navy day

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1946-03-05

Official Business

 

Locy Type 2z

1943-12-07

Censored, WWII use

 

Locy Type 9efu

1945-02-06

Receipt

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Locy Type 2-1(n+) USS GALLERY FFG-26

1984-06-04

40th Anniversary of the capture of U-Boat U-505 by Captain Daniel V. Gallery, CO of USS Guadalcanal CVE-60, along the boarding party from USS Pillsbury DE-133.
Cachet by Alton M. (Budd) Arrington

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Fleet Week Sta." New York NY

1993-05-31

50th Anniversary of the "Battle of the Atlantic". USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) Captures U-Boat 505. Cachet by Colorano "Silk" Cachets

 

Other Information

USS GUADALCANAL earned the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal w/ 3 Battle stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - The epic Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands during World War II.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Alvin I. Malstrom.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name GUADALCANAL - USS Guadalcanal CVE-60 and USS Guadalcanal LPH-7

 

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