GROUSE AMc 12

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.

Coastal Minesweeper Built 1938 by the Martinac Shipbuilding Co., Tacoma, WA NEW BOL (Commercial Service) Merchant Vessels of the United States 1939 lists the owner as "John De Vlahovich" of Astoria, OR Official Number: 237007 Acquired by U.S. Navy 1940 USS GROUSE AMc-12 Commissioned June 20 1941 - Decommissioned August 26 1944 Struck from Naval Register September 23 1944 Transferred February 5 1945 to Maritime Commission for disposal NEW BOL (Commercial Service) Merchant Vessels of the United States 1946 lists the owner as "Antonio Devlahovich" and home port of Los Angeles BETTY C (Commercial Service) Sold in 1950 to Southern California Fish Corp and renamed. Still home ported in Los Angeles Sold in 1955 to Wayne B. Axelson and home ported in Seattle, WA Sold in 1957 to Fisherman's Packing Corp and home ported in Bellingham, WA Sold by 1978 to M/V Viking Inc. Still home ported in Bellingham, WA Sold in 1988 to Anthony Olson and home ported in Seattle Fate Unknown

 

Conflicting History Data

The correct spelling of last name "De Vlahovich" vs "Devlahovich" is unclear.
Merchant Vessels of the United States 1939 says "De Vlahovich"
Merchant Vessels of the United States 1946 says "Devlahovich"
World War II U.S. Navy Vessels in Private Hands by Greg H. Williams says "De Vlahovich"
Note sure of the relationship between "John De Vlahovich" and "Antonio Devlahovich".

 

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).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

1. Covers Page 1    (1941)

 

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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

 

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

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Ship had no post office

 

Locy Type SL2bn (33x3)

c 1941

Commissioning cachet by Mae Weigand

 

Locy Type SL2bn (33x3)

1941-06-20

Note: Postmark date is assumed.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A game bird, smaller than the domestic hen, with mottled plumage; also known as "prairie hen" and "sage cock".

 

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