TICONDEROGA CVS 14

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.

Essex Class Aircraft Carrier Keel Laid 1 March 1943 as "HANCOCK" Renamed 1 May 1943 Launched 7 February 1944 USS TICONDEROGA CV-14 Commissioned 8 May 1944 - Decommissioned 9 January 1947 Recommissioned 31 January 1952 - Decommissioned 4 April 1952 Redesignated Attack Carrier (CVA) 1 October 1952 USS TICONDEROGA CVA-14 Recommissioned 11 September 1954 USS TICONDEROGA CVS-14 Redesignated Anti-submarine Carrier (CVS) 21 October 1969 Decommissioned 1 September 1973 Struck from Naval Register 16 November 1973 Sold 15 August 1974 for scrap

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1. USS Ticonderoga CV-14 / CVA-14 / CVS-14 Covers Page 1    (1944-1972)

 

Postmarks

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

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Post Office Established 8 May 1944 - Disestablished 13 May 1946

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1945-10-27

CV-14

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-06-20

CV-14. Censored WWII use

 

Locy Type 2# (Br. #15852)

1945-09-09

CV-14

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Post Office Reestablished 30 September 1954 - Disestablished 31 July 1973

 

Locy Type FDPS 2

1954-10-12

CVA-14. Columbus Day, Cachet by Dorothy W. Knapp, Sponsored by Frank V. Kupillas.

 

Locy Type 2

1955-01-29

CVA-14. Welcome to Norfolk Portuguese Minesweeper "NRP S. PEDRO", cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 2

1955-09-21

CVA-14

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (CVS,USS)

1972-12-19

CVS-14. Apollo 17 Recovery Force R/S cachet provided by Morris W. Beck

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (CVS,USS)

1973-06-22

CVS-14

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)

1963-08-16

CVA-14

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (CVS,USS)

1970-03-13

CVS-14

 

Locy Type 7dit (n+u) POW/MIA)

1972-08-17

CVS-14. Add-on cachet by Stewart Milstein.

 

Locy Type 7n+ (C+)

1955-07-06

CVA-14

 

Locy Type 7q(n) (USS)

1966-02-14

CVA-14

 

Locy Type 9efu

1954-10-28

CVA-14

 

Other Information

USS TICONDEROGA earned the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon (3 awards), the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 5 Battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal w/ "Asia" clasp, the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (4 awards), the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 12 Campaign stars, the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation (Gallantry Cross Medal with Palm) Ribbon, the Philippine Liberation Medal w/ 1 star and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - (HANCOCK) Named in Honor of John Hancock (1737-1793)
President of the Second Continental Congress and of the Congress of the Confederation, the first Governor of Massachusetts, and the first person to sign the United States Declaration of Independence.

NAMESAKE - (TICONDEROGA) Named to commemorate A village in Essex County , N.Y. , on La Chute River, 100 miles north of Albany. The name is an Iroquois Indian term which means "between two lakes" and refers to Lake George and Lake Champlain. Here, the French built a fort called Carillon in 1755, but it was captured four years later by British troops under General Amherst. Early in the American Revolution, on 10 May 1775, Ethan Allen and his "Green Mountain Boys" captured the fort from the British. General Sir John Burgoyne recaptured the fort in May 1777, holding it until his surrender at Saratoga, N.Y., on 17 October 1777.

The ships sponsor was Miss Stephanie Sarah Pell.

Six ships of the US Navy have borne the name HANCOCK - USS Hancock (Schooner 1775), USS Hancock (Sailing Frigate 1776), USS Hancock (Frigate 1778), USS Hancock AP-3, USS Hancock/Ticonderoga CV-14 and USS Hancock CV-19. Additionally, two ships of the US Navy have been named JOHN HANCOCK - USS John Hancock (Steamship 1850) and USS John Hancock DD-981.

Five ships of the US Navy have borne the name TICONDEROGA - USS Ticonderoga (1814, 17-gun Schooner), USS Ticonderoga (1862, Screw Sloop-of-War), USS Ticonderoga NOTS-1958, USS Ticonderoga CV-14 and USS Ticonderoga CG-47.

 

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