KITE AM 75

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.

Kite Class Minesweeper Keel Laid 18 June 1928 as the trawler M/V Holy Cross Launched 24 November 1928 - Delivered 27 November 1928 Renamed KITE 14 August 1940 by U.S. Navy prior to acquisition Acquired by the Navy 11 September 1940 Conversion to a Minesweeper began 12 September 1940 USS KITE AM-75 Commissioned 3 March 1941 - Conversion completed April 1941 Decommissioned 14 August 1944 Struck from the Navy Register 22 August 1944 Transferred to the War Shipping Administration 2 March 1945 and sold Fate unknown.

Naval Covers

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1. USS Kite AM-75 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

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

 

USPO Slogan Machine Postmark Boston, MA

1941-03-03

First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A small or medium bird of the hawk family.

There has been three ships of the US Navy that has borne the name KITE - USS Kite AM-75, USS Kite AM-403 (Canceled 12 August 1945) and USS Kite MSC(O)-22.

 

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