ROI CVE 103

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 Carrier Projected as Aircraft Escort Vessel (AVG) Redesignated (Date unknown) as Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier (ACV) Redesignated (Date unknown) as Escort Carrier (CVE) Keel Laid March 22 1944 as ALAVA BAY Renamed April 26 1944 Launched June 2 1944 USS ROI CVE-103 Commissioned July 6 1944 - Decommissioned May 9 1946 Struck from Naval Register May 21 1946 Sold December 31 1946 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Roi CVE-103 Covers Page 1     (1944-45)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-06-28

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type LDPS 2(n)

1946-05-08

Last Day of Postal Service

 

Locy Type 7z

1945-03-14

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Locy Type Fake (R-53) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-53

1945-10-27

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Other Information

USS ROI earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with one battle star for her WWII service.

NAMESAKE...An island in the north part of the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands...
Roi-Namur was the target of the U.S. 4th Marine Division in the Battle of Kwajalein, in February 1944

 

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