AMHERST PCER 853

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.

PCE(R)-848 Class Patrol Craft Escort (Rescue) Keel Laid November 16 1943 - Launched March 18 1944 USS PCE(R)-853 Commissioned June 15 1944 - Decommissioned October 1945 Placed in service-in reserve in December 1947 as a reserve training ship Recommissioned November 28 1950 USS AMHERST PCE(R)-853 Named February 15 1956 - Decommissioned February 6 1970 Struck from the Navy Register June 3 1970 VAN KIEP II HQ-14 Transferred to South Vietnam June 3 1970 BRP DATU MARIKUDO PS-23 Escaped to the Philippines after fall of South Vietnam (1975) and renamed Fate unknown.

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1964)

 

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	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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2nd Commissioning November 28 1950 to February 6 1970

 

USPO Slogan Machine Postmark Detroit, MI

1962-11-06

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Double-ring CDS Port Huron MI

1964-07-18

N/A

Anti-Submarine War (ASW) Games 1964. Participants include USS Runner SS-476, USS Amherst PCE(R)-853, USS Havre PCE-877, USS Ely PCE-880, USS Farmington PCE-894, USS Portage PCE-902 and USS Daniel A. Joy DE-585.

 

Other Information

USS PCE(R) earned two battle stars for her World War II service.

NAMESAKE - Towns in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Virginia, and a county in Virginia.

 

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