RUSHMORE LSD 14

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.

Casa Grande Class Dock Landing Ship Authorized as British Mechanized Artillery Transport BAPM-6 Reclassified Landing Ship Dock (LSD) July 1 1942 Keel Laid December 31 1943 as HMS SWORD Lend-Lease canceled or modified Launched May 10 1944 USS RUSHMORE LSD 14 Commissioned July 3 1944 - Decommissioned August 16 1946 Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Pascagoula, MS Recommissioned September 21 1950 - Decommissioned September 30 1970 Struck from Naval Register November 1 1976 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group Sunk April 28 1993 as target

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1950-65)

 

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 To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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2nd Commissioning September 21 1950 to September 30 1970

 

Locy Type FDPS 2

1950-10-11

First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type 2

1950-10-25

Note:

 

Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-54

1958-09-27

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Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-54a

1965-12-29

Welcome to Norfolk, VA - USNS Pioneer Valley T-AO 140, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 9efu

1967-10-27

Cachet by Martin W. Longseth

 

Other Information

USS RUSHMORE earned three battle stars for her World War II service

NAMESAKE - Mount Rushmore Memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota, where a giant sculpture in mountainside stone commemorates four former American presidents: Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt.

 

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