CABOT AVT 3

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.

Independence Class Aircraft Carrier Ordered as Cleveland Class Light Cruiser WILMINGTON CL-79 Keel Laid 16 March 1942 Reordered as Carrier and redesignated (CV) 2 June 1942 Renamed 23 June 1942 Launched 4 April 1943 Redesignated Light Aircraft Carrier (CVL) 15 July 1943 USS CABOT CVL-28 Commissioned 24 July 1943 - Decommissioned 11 February 1947 Recommissioned 27 October 1948 as a Naval Air Reserve Training Carrier Decommissioned 21 January 1955 USS CABOT AVT-3 Reclassified Aircraft Transport (AVT) 15 May 1959 while in reserve Struck from Naval Register 1 August 1972 SPS DEDALO PH-01 Loaned to Spain and renamed Commissioned 30 August 1967 Sold to Spain 5 December 1972 SPS DEDALO PA-01 Reclassified Aircraft Carrier (PA) 28 September 1976 SPS DEDALO R-01 Redesignated in accordance to NATO practice 1980 Stricken from the Spanish Navy List 5 August 1989 Sold 1997 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Cabot CVL-28 Covers Page 1    (1943-1950)

 

Postmarks

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

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Post Office Established 24 July 1943 - Disestablished 25 March 1946

 

Locy Type FDC 9efu

1943-07-24

Commissioning. Add-on cachet by Richard F. Hoffner

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1945-12-04

Cachet by B. Saunders Bullard

 

Locy Type 2z

1946-04-18

Note:

 

Locy Type 2z*

1943-09-13

Censored sailor's mail, cover provided by the USO.

 

Locy Type 9efu

1945-12-26

Add-on cachet by Richard F. Hoffner

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Post Office Reestablished 1 December 1948 - Disestablished 1954

 

Locy Type FDPS 2t(nu) Dec 1, 1948

1948-12-01

As CVL-28
First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1954-03-22

As CVL-28

 

Locy Type 2t(nu)

1950-06-14

As CVL-28

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu)

1948-12-13

As CVL-28

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu)

1950-06-14

As CVL-28
Mark from back of cover

 

Other Information

USS CABOT earned the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 9 Battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal w/ "Asia" and "Europe" clasps, the National Defense Service Medal, the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon and the Philippine Liberation Medal (3 awards) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto),a Venetian navigator, credited as the first European to reach the North American continent on June 24 1497 while sailing under the sponsorship of King Henry VII of England.

The ships sponsor was Elizabeth "Bess" Burdine Read.

 

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