REDWING MSC 200

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.

Redwing Class Motor Minesweeper Laid down 1 July 1953 - Launched 29 April 1954 USS REDWING AMS-200 Commissioned 7 January 1955 USS REDWING MSC-200 Reclassified a Coastal Minesweeper (MSC) 7 February 1955 Decommissioned 16 June 1959 Struck from the Navy Register 18 June 1959 SIL M-29 Transferred to Spain & renamed SIL PVZ-55 Reclassified in the late 1970s as Patrol Craft (PVZ) SIL M-27 Reclassified back to a Minesweeper M-27 1982 Struck from the Spanish Navy list 25 September 2002 Retired from the Spanish Navy 15 April 2003 Fate unknown.

Naval Covers

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1. USS Redwing MSC-200 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.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

USPO Machine Postmark Jacksonville, FL

1956-05-12

The ship had been reclassified to MSC-200 the previous year, but the ship's return address stamp still showed its former designation. The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A northern European songbird, the smallest of the thrushes, with an orange-red patch on the underside of the wings.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Courtney W. Campbell, wife of US Representative Campbell of Florida.

Three ships of the US Navy have borne the name REDWING - USS Redwing ARS-4, USS Redwing MSC-200 and Redwing YTB-783.

 

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