COASTAL CRUSADER T-AGM 16

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 Crusader Missile Range Instrumentation Ship Planned by the Navy as WEXFORD AK-220 25 February 1945 Keel Laid 12 April 1945 as M/V Wexford Contract canceled in August 1945 due to end of WWII Renamed MV Coastal Crusader by MARCOM (Date Unknown) Launched 24 June 1945 Delivered to MARCOM July 1945 USAT PVT. JOE R. HASTINGS Acquired by the US Army 30 August 1946 and placed in service. Returned to the Reserve Fleet 27 October 1949 Acquired by the US Air Force for conversion to a missile tracking ship 13 March 1957 USAFS COASTAL CRUSADER ORV-16 Placed in service as Ocean Range Vessel to be operated in support of the Air Force Eastern Test Range USNS COASTAL CRUSADER T-AGM-16 Acquired by the US Navy 1964 and placed in service as a Special Mission Ship on the Eastern Test Range Placed out of service (Date Unknown) Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet Reclassified Survey Ship (AGS-36) 1969 Returned to MARAD 9 February 1970 Struck from the Naval Register 30 April 1976 Sold for scrapping 12 April 1977

Naval Covers

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1. USNS Coastal Crusader T-AGM-16 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 Machine Postmark Patrick Air Force Base, FL

1966-10-01

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - PFC Joe Ray Hastings, USA (April 8, 1925 – April 16, 1945)
        Hastings joined the Army from Magnolia, OH in July 1943, and by April 12, 1945 was serving as a Private First Class in Company C, 386th Infantry Regiment, 97th Infantry Division. On that day, in Drabenderhöhe, Germany, he repeatedly exposed himself to hostile fire in order to attack the enemy. He was killed in action four days later. For his actions at Drabenderhöhe, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on November 8, 1945.

 

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