AMBER PYc 6

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 1930 by Craig Shipbuilding, Long Beach, CA INFANTA (Private Yacht) Owned by actor John Barrymore POLARIS (Private Yacht) Sold in 1937 at auction and renamed Purchased by U.S. Navy December 23 1940 Renamed and designated Coastal Patrol Yacht (PYc) January 10 1941 USS AMBER PYc-6 Commissioned March 3 1941 - Decommissioned October 18 1944 Struck from Naval Register November 13 1944 Transferred to War Shipping Administration AMBER (Commercial service) Sold back to her original owner June 13 1945 Sold to the Macco Construction Company of Clearwater, California later in 1945 and used as a freighter and for geological surveys THEA FOSS (Commercial service) Acquired by the Foss Towing Co., Seattle (now Foss Maritime) in 1951 and renamed Still operating as of 2015

 

Naval Covers

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1. 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.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 9uz*

1943-03-19

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A hard, translucent fossil resin which is normally yellowish to brownish in color. Since it can be highly polished, amber is used as a gem

 

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