RANGE SENTINEL T-AGM 22

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.

Haskell Class Attack Transport Keel Laid May 18 1944 - Launched July 10 1944 USS SHERBURNE APA-205 Commissioned September 20 1944 - Decommissioned August 3 1946 Struck from Naval Register September 9 1958 Reacquired and reinstated in Naval Register October 22 1969 Converted to Missile Range Instrumentation Ship (AGM) Assigned to Military Sealift Command (MSC) and renamed USNS RANGE SENTINEL T-AGM-22 Placed In Service October 21 1971 - Out of Service June 12 1997 Struck from Naval Register May 3 1999 Transferred to MARAD July 28 2001 Sold for scrapping, 14 June 2012

Naval Covers

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1. USS Sherburne APA-205 Covers Page 1     (1945)

 

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 2z

1946-03-02(inverted)

Note:

 

Locy Type 9efu

1945-07-24

USS Sherburne. Postmark from the back of this Official mail cover

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USPS Machine Postmark Orlando, FL

1977-09-26

USNS Range Sentinel. The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

USS SHERBURNE earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 Battle star, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) and the Philippine Liberation Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A county in Minnesota named for Moses Sherburne, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

RANGE SENTINEL

USNS Range Sentinel earned the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon and the National Defense Service Medal during her Naval career.

 

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