SEER MMC 5

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 Keel Laid November 28 1941 - Launched May 23 1942 USS SEER AM-112 Commissioned October 21 1942 - Decommissioned April 26 1947 Recommissioned November 8 1950 USS SEER MSF-112 Reclassified Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull) February 7 1955 Decommissioned March 11 1955 Reclassified Coastal Minelayer MMC-5 October 31 1958, While in reserve Conversion begun in Norway September 1960 and completed September 1962 Struck from Naval Register March 1 1963 KNM ULLER N-50 (Norwegian Naval Service) Transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy December 15 1962, and renamed Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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1. Seer Covers Page 1     (1943-44)

 

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

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1st Commissioning October 21 1942 to April 26 1947

 

Locy Type 3z

1944-08-01

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Locy Type Fake USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-92

1945-10-27

Navy Day Cover and Postmark created by Glenn W. Dye

 

Other Information

SEER earned 6 battle stars during World War II

NAMESAKE - One who sees, or lookout

 

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