LOCUST AN 22

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.

Aloe Class Net Laying Ship Keel Laid 18 October 1940 - Launched February 1 1941 Placed In Service July 13 1941 USS LOCUST YN-17 Commissioned Yard Net Layer (YN) December 1942 USS LOCUST AN-22 Redesignated (AN) January 20 1944 Decommissioned July 8 1946 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, Astoria Group Struck from Naval Register September 1 1962 RFS LOCUSTE A-765 (French Naval Service) Sold to France February 14 1966 and renamed Decommissioned by the French Navy and sold to a Malaysian shipowner Struck a reef July 30 1978 and sank off Cikobia Island, Fiji

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. YN-2 Covers Page 1     (1943)

 

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

 

Locy Type 2z

1942-04-02

The ship did not yet have postal facilities; the cover was posted either aboard another ship or ashore.

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, April 5 1943) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - An American tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)

 

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