ADMIRALTY ISLANDS CVE 99

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 Carrier
Keel Laid 26 February 1944 as CHAPIN BAY
Renamed 26 April 1944 - Launched 10 May 1944


1. USS ADMIRALTY ISLANDS CVE-99
   Commissioned 13 June 1944 - Decommissioned 24 April 1946
   
   Struck from Naval Register 8 May 1946
   Sold 1946 for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Admiralty Islands CVE-99 Covers Page 1    (1945-1946)

 

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 13 June 1944 - Disestablished 1 March 1946

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-02-02

Censored, WWII use

 

Locy Type 9efu

1945-02-05

Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type P (used after POD) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-8

1946-03-25

Used after Post Office Discontinued date of 1 March 1946.

 

Other Information

USS ADMIRALTY ISLANDS earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 3 Battle stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - CHAPIN BAY A bay in Alaska, on the southeast coast of Admiralty Island, Alexander Archipelago.

NAMESAKE - ADMIRALTY ISLANDS A group of 18 islands located within the Bismark Archipelago in the southwest Pacific Ocean, north of New Guinea.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Homer Norman Wallin.

 

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