WAXSAW AN 91

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.

Cohoes Class Net Laying Ship
Projected as Yard Net Tender YN-120
Redesignated Net Laying Ship (AN) (Date unknown)
Keel Laid May 1 1944 - Launched September 15 1944


1. USS WAXSAW AN-91
   Commissioned May 6 1945 - Decommissioned March 23 1960
   Struck from Naval Register January 3 1976
   
   
2. ARV PUERTO MIRANDA H-80 (Venezuelan Naval Service)
   Loaned to Venezuela October 1963 and renamed
   Sold outright to Venezuela December 1 1977
   Deleted from the Venezuelan Navy list 1978
   
   Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1946-55)

 

Postmarks

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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 RECD USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-56

1946-03-17

Cachet is thermographed, St. Patrick's Day, cachet by P.J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill.

 

Locy Type RECD (W-56 with "RECEIVED" removed)

1947-01-23

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Other Information

WAXSAW earned the American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - An Indian tribe that lived during the 17th century in an area which now constitutes Lancaster County, S.C., and Union and Mecklenburg Counties, N.C. The Waxsaws, more commonly referred to as Waxhaws, were famous for their custom of artificially flattening the heads of their children during infancy.

Two ships of the US Navy have been named WAXSAW - USS Waxsaw (Monitor 1865) and USS Waxsaw AN-91.

 

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