VAGRANT PYc 30

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.

Coastal Patrol Yacht Built in 1941 as the yacht VAGRANT Delivered 13 September 1941 Acquired by USN 23 March 1942 and designated District Patrol Craft YP-258 Reclassified Coastal Patrol Yacht PYc-30 in April 1942 USS VAGRANT PYc-30 Commissioned 9 May 1942 - Decommissioned 29 December 1943 VAGRANT PYc-30 Placed in service as a training vessel - Placed out of service 6 August 1945 Struck from the Naval Register 1 September 1945 Transferred to the WSA 14 December 1945 for disposal Sold in 1946 to William B. Leeds and renamed MOANA Sold back to Harold Vanderbilt in 1947 Sold in 1948 to Ralph C. Allen and renamed VAGRANT Sold in 1952 to the Orion Shipping and Trading Co. of NY Operated under the Liberian flag in 1955 Fate unknown.

Naval Covers

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1. USS Vagrant PYc-30 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

 

Locy Type 3z

1943-05-01

N/A

The ship had no postal facilities, so this cover was posted either on another ship or ashore.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging.

 

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