PROWESS IX 305

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.

Admirable Class Minesweeper
Keel Laid September 15 1943 as Hull No. 945
Launched February 17 1944


1. USS PROWESS AM-280
   Commissioned September 27 1944 - Decommissioned December 1945
   Placed in Atlantic Reserve Fleet
   Reclassified Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull) (MSF) February 7 1955
   
   
2. USS PROWESS MSF-280
   Recommissioned 1965
   
   
3. USS PROWESS IX-305
   Redesignated Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX) March 1 1966
   Decommissioned December 1945
   
   Struck from Naval Register June 3 1970
   
   
4. HA HOI HQ-13 (Vietnamese Naval Service)
   Transferred to South Vietnam June 4 1970 and renamed
   Captured by North Vietnam Forces 1975
   Reduced to a hulk 1998 but remained afloat as Training and Accomodation Craft
   
   Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

 

Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

USPO Machine Postmark Orange, TX

1946-04-17

The ship had no postal facilities.

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Canadian Machine cancel, US stamps

1966-07-23

Port Visit
Midway-On-The-Seaway Chapter No. 56, USCS

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Valor and skill

 

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