GWINNETT AVS 5

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.

Alamosa Class Cargo Ship
Keel Laid December 21 1943 as Combat Stores Ship AK-185
Redesignated Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG) during construction
Launched May 14 1944


1. USS GWINNETT AG-92
   Commissioned April 10 1945
   
   
2. USS GWINNETT AVS-5
   Redesignated Aviation Stores Issue Ship (AVS) May 25 1945
   Decommissioned February 11 1946
   
   
3. SAINTE HELENE (Commercial Service)
   Sold 1946 and renamed under French registry
   
   Scrapped in 1970

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1944)

 

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	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

USPO Machine Cancel Superior WI

1944-05-14

N/A

Launching, cachet by Ralph P. Werve

 

Other Information

Note: Type 2# and 9# (Br. #15687) devices prepared but never used.

NAMESAKE - A county in the state of Georgia.

 

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