CORSON AVP 37

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.

Barnegat Class Small Seaplane Tender
Keel Laid 5 October 1943 - Launched 16 July 1944


1. USS CORSON AVP-37
   Commissioned 3 December 1944 - Decommissioned 21 June 1946
   Recommissioned 13 February 1951 - Decommissioned 9 March 1956
   
   Struck from Naval Register 1 April 1966
   Sunk as target

 

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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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2nd Commissioning February 13 1951 to March 9 1956

 

Locy Type 2r

1953-09-15

Note:

 

Locy Type 9efu

1955-06-27

Cacheted

 

Other Information

USS CORSON earned the following awards during her Naval career - the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp), the National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star, the Korean Service Medal w/ 1 Battle Star, the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 4 Campaign stars, the United Nations Service Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (4 awards), the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

NAMESAKE - An inlet in Cape May on the New Jersey coast

 

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