GEAR ARS 34

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.

Diver Class Rescue and Salvage Ship Keel Laid (Date unknown) as HMS PACIFIC SALVOR BARS-4 Acquired by U.S. Navy September 21 1942 and renamed Launched October 24 1942 USS GEAR ARS-34 Commissioned September 24 1943 - Decommissioned December 13 1946 Assigned to Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group Withdrawn February 24 1953 and leased to Merritt Chapman Scott Corp. Returned to U.S. Navy custody (Date unknown) Struck from Naval Register April 30 1981 Sold July 1 1982 for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1944)

 

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.

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

 

Locy Type 2z*

1944-05-19

Censored Sailor's mail

 

Other Information

USS GEAR earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ two battle stars) and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - An accessory mechanism or machine that performs a specific function in a complete machine, as an expansion gear or a steering gear.

 

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