TRIUMPH MMC 3

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.

Auk Class Minesweeper/Strive Class Minelayer Keel Laid October 27 1942 for the Royal Navy as HMS ESPOIR BAM 23 Renamed/reclassified TRIUMPH AM 323 January 23 1943 Launched February 25 1943 USS TRIUMPH AM-323 Commissioned February 3 1944 - Decommissioned January 30 1947 Recommissioned February 28 1952 USS TRIUMPH MSF-323 Reclassified as a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull)(MSF) February 7 1955 Decommissioned August 29 1955 Conversion to a Coastal Minelayer (MMC) began December 1 1959 TRIUMPH MMC-3 Reclassified MMC-3 December 4 1959 - Conversion completed January 8 1961 KNM BRAGE N 49 (Norwegian Naval Service) Transferred to Norway January 27 1961 Struck from the Naval Register March 1 1961 - Scrapped in 1978

 

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

1. Covers Page 1     (1954,1961)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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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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1st Commissioning February 3 1944 to January 30 1947

 

Locy Type

1946-08-22

AM 323. The postmark was used after the post office had been discontinued. Cachet by Ted Harrington.

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2nd Commissioning February 28 1952 to August 29 1955

 

Locy Type 2r

1954-11-12

AM 323. Sailor mail.

 

Locy Type 9efu

1954-12-24

AM 323. Receipt for Registered Article

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Norwegian Service January 27 1961 to 1978

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u)(B,USS) USS Henley DD 762

1961-02-18

N/A

KNM Brage N 49 Welcome to Norfolk, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Other Information

USS TRIUMPH was awarded six battle stars for her World War II service.

 

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