GUADALCANAL CVU 60

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.

Casablanca Class Escort Aircraft Carrier Keel Laid January 5 1943 as Aircraft Escort Vessel ASTROLABE BAY AVG-60 Reclassified Auxiliary Carrier (ACV) August 20 1942 Renamed April 3 1943 Launched June 5 1943 Redesignated Escort Carrier (CVE) July 15 1943 USS GUADALCANAL CVE-60 Commissioned September 25 1943 - Decommissioned July 15 1946 Redesignated Utility Carrier (CVU) July 15 1955, While in reserve Struck from Naval Register May 27 1958 Sold April 30 1959 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1943-46)

 

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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Post office established September 20 1943 - Disestablished March 8 1946

 

Locy Type 2(n) Oct 27, 1945 "NAVY / DAY / 1945"

1945-10-27

Navy day

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1946-03-05

Official Business

 

Locy Type 2z

1943-12-07

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 9efu

1945-02-06

Receipt

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Locy Type 2-1(n+) USS GALLERY FFG-26

1984-06-04

40th Anniversary of the capture of U-Boat U-505 by Captain Daniel V. Gallery, CO of USS Guadalcanal CVE-60, along the boarding party from USS Pillsbury DE-133.
Cachet by Alton M. (Budd) Arrington

 

USPS Pictorial "Fleet Week Station" New York NY

1993-05-31

No Image

50th Anniversary of the "Battle of the Atlantic". USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) Captures U-Boat 505.

 

Other Information

GUADALCANAL was awarded 3 battle stars and a Presidential Unit Citation for her service in World War II.

NAMESAKE - The epic Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands during World War II.

Two ships of the US Navy have been named GUADALCANAL - USS Guadalcanal CVE-60 and USS Guadalcanal LPH-7

 

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