DENSITY AM 218

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.

Admirable Class Minesweeper
Keel Laid March 21 1943 - Launched February 6 1944


1. USS DENSITY AM-218
   Commissioned 15 June 1944
   Placed In Commission in Reserve May 14 1946
   Decommissioned March 3 1947
   Reclassified Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull) (MSF) February 7 1955, While in reserve
   Sold February 1955
   
   
2. MV MANOULA (Commercial Service)
   Used as a Greek cargo ship
   Sold September 1964 to a Texas Consortium after being impounded in Miami, Florida, for non-payment of harbor dues
   
   
3. MV GALAXY (Commercial Service)
   Used as an offshore radio station and renamed
   Sold for scrap 1970 but not scrapped until 1986

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

1. 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.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-11-19 to 1945-11-19

Ship carried only this device

 

Other Information

Earned 3 Battle Stars (WWII)

NAMESAKE - Closeness or compactness

 

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