AVOCET AVP 4

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 13 September 1917 - Launched 9 March 1918 USS AVOCET Minesweeper No. 19 Commissioned 17 September 1918 USS AVOCET AM-19 Designated (AM) 17 July 1920 - Decommissioned 3 April 1922 Recommissioned 8 September 1925 USS AVOCET AVP-4 Reclassified Small Seaplane Tender (AVP) 22 January 1936 Decommissioned 10 December 1945 Scrapped 1950

Naval Covers

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1. USS Avocet AVP-4 Covers Page 1    (1928-43)

 

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 September 8 1925 to December 10 1945

 

Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "PORTLAND / ORE"

1934-08-28

As AM-19. Port Visit - Portland OR, cachet by Myron F. McCamley

 

Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "AT / SEA"

1937-05-12

AVP-4. R/S cachet for the Eclipse Expedition. The Eclipse Expedition was a joint project between the US Navy and the National Geographic Society held on June 8 1937 at the Canton Island in the Phoenix Group to view and study the total eclipse of the sun that was to take place that day.

 

Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "PEARL / HARBOR"

1937-09-08

AVP-4. Cachet by Ted Harrington.

 

Locy Type 3r (AC-TBB) "PEARL / HARBOR TH"

1938-09-05

AVP-4.

 

Locy Type 3r (AC-TBB) "SAN DIEGO / CAL"

1941-04-21

AVP-4. Port Visit - San Diego, CA, cover sponsored by Paul J. Gross

 

Locy Type 3r (AC-TBB) "TUTUILA / SAMOA"

1937-10-26

AVP-4. Cachet by Royal C. Hendricks, sponsored by the Trans-Pacific Cover Society.

 

Locy Type 3s "MANILA / P. I."

1932-05-24

AM-19.

 

Locy Type 3z (BTT)

1943-12-14

AVP-4. Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 9v

1930-05-10

AM-19. Registered mark on piece

 

Other Information

USS AVOCET earned the WWI Victory Medal, the American Defense Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 Battlke Star and the WWII Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named for the long-legged, web-footed shore bird posessing a slender, up-curved bill, found in western and southern states.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name AVOCET - USS Avocet AVP-4 and USS Avocet AMCU-16.

The ships sponsor was Miss Frances V. Imbach.

 

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