ANNAPOLIS AGMR 1

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.

Commencement Bay Class Escort Carrier Keel Laid 29 November 1943 as ST. ANDREWS BAY Renamed 26 April 1944 Launched 20 July 1944 USS GILBERT ISLANDS CVE-107 Commissioned 5 February 1945 - Decommissioned 21 May 1946 Recommissioned 7 September 1951 - Decommissioned 15 January 1955 USS GILBERT ISLANDS AKV-39 Reclassified Cargo Ship & Aircraft Ferry (AKV) 7 May 1959 while in reserve Struck from Naval Register 1 June 1961 Reinstated in Naval Register (Date unknown) Converted to Major Communications Relay Ship (AGMR) 1 June 1963 Renamed 22 June 1963 USS ANNAPOLIS AGMR-1 Recommissioned 7 March 1964 - Decommissioned 20 December 1969 Struck from Naval Register 15 October 1976 Sold 1 November 1979 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Gilbert Islands CVE-107 Covers Page 1     (1945-54)
2. USS Annapolis AGMR-1 Covers Page 1     (1964-69)

 

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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USS GILBERT ISLANDS CVE-107

Post Office Established January 15 1945 - Disestablished March 4 1946

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1945-10-27

Navy Day "Victory Cancel". Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1945-12-04

Rubber stamp cachet by William Fredrick

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu)

1945-10-27

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

Locy Type LDPS 2(n)

1946-03-04

Last Day Postal Service, Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

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Post Office Reestablished October 15 1951 - Disestablished 1955

 

Locy Type FDPS 2

1951-10-15

First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type FDPS 9efu

1951-10-15

First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type 2

1954-03-17

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Locy Type 9efu

1953-12-16

Note:

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USS ANNAPOLIS AGMR-1

Post Office Established March 7 1964 - Disestablished October 10 1969

 

Locy Type FDC 2(n+) Mar 7, 1964

1964-03-07

First Day in Commission, cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1964-12-18

Ship's cachet

 

Locy Type LDPS 2(n+) Oct 10, 1969

1969-10-10

Last Day Postal Service

 

Other Information

GILBERT ISLANDS

USS GILBERT ISLANDS earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 3 Battle Stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon and the National Defense Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - An island group containing 16 atolls in the western Pacific Ocean on the equator, southeast of the Marshalls and northeast of the Solomons. On 20 November 1943, US Marines made an amphibious assault on Makin and Tarawa Islands, seizing the former without difficulty, but winning Tarawa only after a 100-hour battle in which over 3,500 Americans were killed or wounded

ANNAPOLIS

USS ANNAPOLIS earned the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 7 Campaign stars, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation Ribbon (19 awards) and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A city in Maryland located on the shores of the Severn River and the Chesapeake Bay. It is the capital of Maryland and the county seat for Anne Arundel County. The United States Naval Academy is located in Annapolis.

Four ships of the US Navy have borne the name ANNAPOLIS - USS Annapolis IX-1, USS Annapolis PF-15, USS Annapolis AGMR-1 and USS Annapolis SSN-760.

 

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