MUNDA CVE 104

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.

Casablanca Class Escort Carrier Authorized August 20 1942 as Auxiliary Carrier TONOWEK BAY (ACV) Redesignated July 15 1942 as Escort Carrier (CVE) Renamed November 6 1943 Keel Laid March 29 1944 - Launched June 8 1944 USS MUNDA CVE-104 Commissioned July 8 1944 - Decommissioned September 13 1946 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, Tacoma Group Redesignated Utility Carrier (CVU) June 12 1955, While in reserve Struck from Naval Register September 1 1958 Sold June 17 1960, to the General Ore Co. New York for scrap

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     (1945-46)

 

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	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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Post Office Established July 5 1944 - Disestablished May 28 1946

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-09-16

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Locy Type 2# (Br. #16082)

1946-03-20

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Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-83

1945-09-10

Tokyo Bay

 

Other Information

MUNDA received one battle star for her service in World War II

NAMESAKE - The World War II battle at Munda Bay in the Solomon Islands

 

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