POCOMOKE AV 9

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.

Pocomoke Class Seaplane Tender
Keel Laid 14 August 1939 as "SS EXCHEQUER"
Launched 8 June 1940
Acquired by US Navy 16 October 1940


1. USS POCOMOKE AV-9
Commissioned 18 July 1941 - Decommissioned 10 July 1946

Struck from Naval Register 1 June 1961
Sold 12 December 1961 to the Union Minerals and Alloys Corp.

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Pokomoke AV-9 Covers Page 1    (1941-1945)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type FDPS 3

1941-06-20

First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick. From the Bruce D. Liddell collection

 

Locy Type FDPS 9fw

1941-06-20

Note:

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-04-21

Note:

 

Locy Type 3z (BTB)

1942-07-20

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 9efu

1945-05-25

Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type P (9v with name removed)

1943-10-20

Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type LDPS 2z

1946-06-13

Last Day of Postal Service. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type SLs (43x3)

1946-06-13

Ships straight-line marking. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Other Information

USS POCOMOKE earned the American Defense Service Medal w/ Fleet clasp, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/2 Battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal and the Philippines Liberation Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A town in southeast Maryland. The first two Pocomokes were named for Pocomoke City, Md. The third was named for a Sound on the east side of the Chesapeake Bay, east of Tangier Island.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Max O. Truitt.

Three ships of the US Navy have borne the name POCOMOKE - USS Pocomoke SP-265, USS Pocomoke SP-571 and USS Pocomoke AV-9.

 

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