WAXWING MSF 389

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.

Auk Class Minesweeper Keel Laid 24 May 1944 - Launched 10 March 1945 USS WAXWING AM-389 Commissioned 16 August 1945 - Decommissioned 12 May 1947 Recommissioned 19 March 1952 USS WAXWING MSF-389 Reclassified as a Fleet Minesweeper, Steel Hull (MSF) 7 February 1955 Decommissioned 1 May 1957 ROCS CHU YANG PCE-67 (Taiwanese Naval Service) Transferred to Taiwan 14 October 1965 and renamed ROCS CHU YANG PCE-867 (Taiwanese Naval Service) Reclassified PCE-867 (date unknown) Decommissioned from Taiwanese Navy 16 February 1998 Struck from the Naval Register 16 February 1998 Fate - Sunk as fish reef

 

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

1. USS Waxwing MSF-389 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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

 

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

 

USPO Machine Postmark San Pedro, CA

1947-05-05

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Any of several American and Asiatic songbirds which are for the most part brown and are characterized by predominant crests and velvety plumage.

 

---

 

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 

---

Copyright 2024 Naval Cover Museum