CHARLESTON PG 51

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.

Erie Class Gunboat
Keel Laid October 27 1934 - Launched February 25 1936


1. USS CHARLESTON PG-51
   Commissioned July 8 1936 - Decommissioned May 10 1946
   Transferred to Maritime Commission 1946
   
   
2. USTS CHARLESTON (Training Ship)
   Transferred to Massachusetts Maritime Academy March 25 1948
   Last cruise for Maritime Academy was 1957
   
   Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Charleston Covers Page 1    (1936-43)
2. USS Charleston First Day Covers Page 2    (Aug 15 1939)
3. USS Charleston First Day Covers Page 3    (Aug 15 1939)
4. USS Charleston First Day Covers Page 4    (Aug 15 1939)

 

Postmarks

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

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Post Office Established July 8 1936 - Disestablished April 30 1946

 

Locy Type FDC 7ru Jul 8, 1936

1936-07-08

Commissioning.

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBB) "CHARLESTON / S. C." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-32c

1937-05-01

Add-on cachet by - Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBB) "CHARLESTON / S. C." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-32c

1938-06-16

President James Madison's Birthday, cachet by Louis G. Nix

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PORTSMOUTH / VIRGINIA"

1940-07-05

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

Locy Type 3b (A-XBT) "SEWARD / ALASKA"

1941-02-12

Abraham Lincoln cachet by Myron F. McCamley and Robert B. Kirchgraber

 

Locy Type 3z

1943-01-25

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 9v

1940-07-05

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

Locy Type 9x

1940-07-05

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-32 (Short Killer Bars)

1939-08-15

First Day of Issue, Sc#856 - 25th Anniversary of the Panama Canal

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-32a (Long Killer Bars)

1939-08-15

First Day of Issue, Sc#856 - 25th Anniversary of the Panama Canal. Add-on cachet by Roger A. Wentworth

 

Locy Type 7dity "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE" "CANAL ZONE" (In dial) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-32b

1939-08-15

First Day of Issue, Sc#856 - 25th Anniversary of the Panama Canal. Contributed by Mark Kalisch.

 

Other Information

CHARLESTON earned 1 Battle Star for WWII
* Aleutian Defense
May 1943

NAMESAKE - Named for the city of Charleston, South Carolina

 

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