RABAUL AKV 21

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.

Commencement Bay Class Escort Carrier Keel Laid 2 January 1945 - Launched 14 June 1945 RABAUL CVE-121 Delivered to the Navy 30 August 1946 Accepted into the 19th Fleet, (Pacific Reserve Fleet, Tacoma) RABAUL CVHE-121 Reclassified June 1955 Transferred to the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego June 1958 RABAUL AKV-21 Reclassified May 1959 Struck from the Naval Vessel Register 1 September 1971 Sold 25 August 1972 for scrapping

Naval Covers

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1. Rabaul AKV-21 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 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.

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

 

USPO Machine Postmark Tacoma, WA

1945-07-14

The ship was launched too late for duty in WW2 and was never commissioned, spending her entire career in reserve.The cover date is July 14 rather than the official launch date of June 14. Launching, cachet by A. H. S..

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A strategically significant port in the Pacific theater of World War II.

The ships sponsor was Alice Schade, wife of US Navy architect Commodore Henry Adrian "Packy" Schade

 

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