MARVEL MSF 262

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.

Admirable Class Minesweeper Keel Laid April 12 1943 - Launched July 31 1943 USS MARVEL AM-262 Commissioned June 9 1944 - Decommissioned May 20 1945 Redesignated Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull) (MSF) February 7 1955, while in reserve T-274 (Soviet Union Naval Service) Transferred to the Soviet Union May 21 1945 PASSAT (Soviet Union Naval Service) Converted to Naval Trawler and named 1948 Scrapped by the Soviet Union 1960 MARVEL MSF-262 Although still in possession of the Soviet Union, US Navy "administratively" reclassified the ship as a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull), MSF-262, 7 February 1955 Officially struck from Naval Register 1983 Scrapped in 1960

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	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 7z

1944-11-09

The ship had no postal facilities. This cover would have been posted either aboard another ship or ashore.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Wonder as astonishment.

 

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