BELMONT AGTR 4

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.

Belmont Class Technical Research Ship Keel Laid January 25 1944 Launched March 25 1944 as IRAN VICTORY Delivered April 23 1944 to Maritime Commission for Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Co Laid up April 1954 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Astoria, OR. Acquired by U.S. Navy February 1963 Renamed and designated Miscelleneous Auxiliary AG-167 June 8 1964 Redesignated Technical Research Ship (AGTR) April 1 1964 USS BELMONT AGTR-4 Commissioned November 2 1964 - Decommissioned January 16 1970 Struck from Naval Register January 16 1970 Sold June 24 1970 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1964-69)

 

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

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1964-11-30

Beck Commissioning Cachet.
Actual date listed as 1964-11-02

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1965-03-20

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Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)

1969-11-23

Note:

 

Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS)

1969-11-23

Note:

 

Locy Type LDPS 2t(n+u)

1969-12-17

Last Day Postal Service

 

Other Information

BELMONT earned the National Defense Service Medal and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Belmont honored cities and towns in 19 states.

 

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