YDG 3

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.

District Patrol Craft / District Degaussing Vessel Built 1930 by Parke & Kibele, San Pedro, CA CHICKEN OF THE SEA (Commercial Service) Owned by H.E. Morgan, Los Angeles, CA Later sold to Van Camp Sea Food Co., Terminal island, CA Acquired by U.S. Navy August 5 1942 and designated District Patrol Vessel YP-522, 05 August 1942 Converted for naval service August - December 1942 USS YP-522 (Patrol Craft) Commissioned 05 December 1942 USS YDG-3 (Degaussing Ship) Redesignated District Degaussing Vessel (YDG) December 18 1942 Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register 02 June 1945 Transferred to War Shipping Administration for disposal December 1945 GALAPAGOS (Commercial Service) Sold 1946 to Pacific Motor Vessels, Inc., Seattle, WA ZARCO (Commercial Service) Sold 1949 to Zarco Fishing Co., San Diego, CA Sold to Arne Strom, Tacoma, WA, 1959 Out of documentation, 1961

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1943)

 

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

1943-05-24

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Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

 

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