GREBE AT 134

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.

Lapwing Class Minesweeper Keel Laid 25 May 1918 - Launched 17 December 1918 USS GREBE Minesweeper No. 43 Commissioned 1 May 1919 USS GREBE AM-43 Designated (AM) 17 July 1920 - Decommissioned 12 May 1922 Recommissioned 15 November 1922 USS GREBE AT-134 Reclassified Fleet Tug (AT) 1 June 1942 LOST (Grounding in Typhoon) 6 December 1942 off Fiji Destroyed in typhoon 2 January 1943 Struck from Naval Register 28 July 1943

Naval Covers

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1. USS Grebe AM-43/ATO-134 Covers Page 1    (1934-40)

 

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 November 15 1922 to January 2 1943

 

Locy Type FDPS F "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERVICE" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-26

1934-07-02

AM-43. First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type 3 (A-TTB) "FIRST DAY / NEW CANCEL"

1936-06-14

AM-43. Cachet by William F. Schlechter

 

Locy Type 3s(BC-BTT) "GUANTANAMO / "

1934-09-29

AM-43. Eagle cachet

 

Locy Type F "158TH BIRTHDAY / GOOD OLD U .S. A." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-26

1934-07-04

AM-43. Independence Day, firecracker edged envelope.

 

Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-26a (from 9v)

1935-03-11

AM-43

 

Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-26a ("T" removed, "43" added)

1935-04-02

AM-43

 

Locy Type SLPts (28x3)

1935-02-12

AM-43. Straightline marking

 

Locy Type SLPb (61x6)

1935-05-25

AM-43. Straightline marking

 

Locy Type SL3b (71x20)

1931-04-27

AM-43. Additional duplex postmark from Charleston SC

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Locy Type 3 (A-TTB) "SAN PEDRO / CALIFORNIA"

1938-05-01

As AM-43. 19th Birthday cachet by Fred Horton

 

Locy Type 3 (A-TTB) "PEARL HARBOR / T.H."

1940-09-27

As AM-43

 

Locy Type 3s (BC-BTT) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF."

1935-02-12

AM-43. From back of cover

 

Locy Type 3s (BC-BTT) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF."

1935-02-22

AM-43. This postmark is on the back of the Feb 22 1935 cover

 

Locy Type 3s (BC-BTT) "MOTHERS / DAY"

1935-05-12

AM-43. Mothers Day 1935

 

Locy Type 3s (BC-BTT) "COLUMBUS / DAY"

1935-10-12

As AM-43
Columbus Day 1935. Rubberstamp cachet

 

Locy Type F "WITH MALICE / TOWARD NONE" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-26

1935-02-12

AM-43. Multiple strike cover showing 3 types

 

Locy Type F "FIRST IN WAR / FIRST IN PEACE" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-26

1935-02-22

AM-43. Cachet by Byrd L. Powell

 

Other Information

Earned 1 Battle Star
*Pearl Harbor December 7 1941 at The Pearl Harbor Navy Yard

NAMESAKE - Named for a swimming bird closely related to the loon but with lobate rather than webbed toes

 

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