PUEBLO AGER 2

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.

Camano Class Light Cargo Ship Keel Laid 1944 Launched April 16 1944 for the U.S. Army as FP-344 Redseignated (Date unknown) as FS-344 Delivered to the U.S. Army July 5 1944 USAT FS-344 Placed In Service 1944 - Out of Service 1954 Acquired by U.S. Navy April 12 1966 Named June 18 1966 USS PUEBLO AKL-44 Commissioned July 18 1966 - Decommissioned (Date unknown) Converted May 2 1967 to Banner Class Environmental Research Ship (AGER) USS PUEBLO AGER-2 Recommissioned May 13 1967 Boarded and seized by North Korean forces January 23 1968 82 crew members were imprisoned in North Korea for 11 months Held in nominal commissioned status to protest the seizure Open to public viewing at Pyongyang, North Korea as a propaganda monument

Naval Covers

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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.

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

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "USS Pueblo AGER-2 Station" Norfolk VA

2008-01-23

40th Anniversary of seizure, cachet by Dan Goodwin

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "USS Pueblo AGER-2 Station" Norfolk VA

2008-01-23

40th Anniversary of seizure, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
Notice the use of a Zazzle.com stamp picturing the USS PUEBLO.

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "USS Pueblo AGER-2 Station" Norfolk VA

2008-01-23

No Image

40th Anniversary of seizure, cover created by Rich Hoffner using a satellite image of the USS PUEBLO docked in North Korea.

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "USS Pueblo AGER-2 Station" Norfolk VA

2008-12-23

40th Anniversary of Crew Release, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS MPP San Diego CA

2018-01-23

N/A

50th Anniversary of Seizure, cachet by Richard F. Hoffner

 

Other Information

USS PUEBLO has earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the National Defense Service Medal and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Korea) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - The city of Pueblo, Colorado

 

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