CHIEF MSF 315

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.

Auk Class Minesweeper
Keel Laid July 25 1942 for Great Britain
Launched January 5 1943


1. HMS ALICE BAM-2
   Retained and reclassified Minesweeper (AM) January 23 1943
   
   
2. USS CHIEF AM-315
   Commissioned October 9 1943 - Decommissioned March 13 1947
   Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Pedro Group
   Redesignated Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull) (MSF) February 7 1955, While in reserve
   
   
3. USS CHIEF MSF-315
   Recommissioned February 28 1952 - Decommissioned March 15 1955
   Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet
   
   Struck from Navy Register July 1 1972
   
   
4. ARM JESUS GONZALES ORTEGA C-83 (Mexican Naval Service)
   Sold to Mexico February 1973 and renamed
   
   
5. ARM JESUS GONZALES ORTEGA G-15
   Redesignated (Date unknown)
   
   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 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	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2z

1946-06-18

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Locy Type 9efu

1946-06-18

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Other Information

Earned 5 Battle Stars (WWII)

Earned 2 Battle Stars (Korea)

NAMESAKE - The head or leader of a group

 

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