SNATCH ARS 27

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.

Diver Class Rescue and Salvage Ship
Keel Laid January 28 1943 - Launched April 8 1944


1. USS SNATCH ARS-27
Commissioned December 11 1944 - Decommissioned December 23 1946
Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group


2. SNATCH T-AGOR-18
Assigned to Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS)
Administratively reclassified April 1967 as Oceanographic Research Ship T-AGOR-18


3. ARGO (Research Vessel)
Transferred to Scripps Oceanographic Research Institute La Jolla, CA
Returned to U.S Navy custody March 1970
Struck from Naval Register May 1 1970

Sold November 8 1971 to S.S. Zee, Taiwan for scrap

 

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

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1. 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.

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 2z

1945-04-25

Note:

 

Locy Type 9# (10434 Br.)

1946-04-03

N/A

Branch number 10434 was CUB-16 (Secondary Advanced Naval Base Unit) Philippines. Official Business.

 

Other Information

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

NAMESAKE - To catch up

 

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