RANDOLPH CVS 15

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.

Essex Class Aircraft Carrier Keel Laid 10 May 1943 - Launched 29 June 1944 USS RANDOLPH CV-15 Commissioned 9 October 1944 - Decommissioned 25 February 1948 USS RANDOLPH CVA-15 Redesignated Attack Carrier (CVA) 1 October 1952 Recommissioned 1 July 1953 USS RANDOLPH CVS-15 Redesignated Anti-submarine Carrier (CVS) 1 April 1959 Decommissioned 13 February 1969 Struck from Naval Register 1 June 1973 Scrapped 1975

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1. USS Randolph CV-15 / CVA-15 / CVS-15 Covers Page 1     (1944-1967)

 

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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1st Commissioning 9 October 1944 to 25 February 1948

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1946-03-01

CV-15

 

Locy Type 2t(nu)

1947-07-17

CV-15

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-04-15

CV-15. Censored WWII use

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-3b

1945-09-02

CV-15. Censored WWII use.

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2nd Commissioning 1 July 1953 to 13 February 1969

 

Locy Type 2

1953-07-29

CVA-15

 

Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-3c

1965-10-09

CVS-15. Commissioning anniversary, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-3d

1962-02-20

CVS-15.

 

Locy Type 2p

1954-06-04

CVA-15.

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (CVS,USS)

1961-07-21

CVS-15.

 

Locy Type 7t

1956-01-13

CVA-15. Add-on cachet by Stewart Milstein

 

Locy Type 7t

1957-09-25

CVA-15. Dial inverted

 

Locy Type 7t(n+u) (USS)

1967-02-04

CVS-15.

 

Other Information

USS RANDOLPH earned the Navy Expeditionary Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 3 Battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal w/ "Asia" and "Europe" clasps, the National Defense Service Medal (2 awards) and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2 awards) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Peyton Randolph (1721-1775)
Randolph, born at Tazewell Hall, Williamsburg, Va. in September 1721, graduated from William and Mary College and studied law in England at Inner Temple, London. He was appointed King's Attorney for Virginia in 1748 and served in the House of Burgesses from that year to 1774, becoming speaker in 1766. His conservative temperament was balanced by a deep concern for colonial liberty.
During the Stamp Act crisis, Randolph wrote a remonstrance to the King in 1764 opposing suggested stamp duties, but the following year opposed Patrick Henry's radical "Stamp Act Resolutions." In the ensuing decade, he led the patriotic movement in Virginia, presiding over every revolutionary assemblage in the colony, especially the Committee of Correspondence, formed in 1773, and the Conventions of 1774 and 1775.
Randolph was a member of and first President of the First Continental Congress (5 September - 21 October 1774 and 10-23 May 1775)

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Guy M. Gillette.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name RANDOLPH - USS Randolph (1776 Sailing Frigate) and USS Randolph CV-15.

 

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