WILLIAMSBURG AGC 369
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.
- Patrol Gunboat
- ARAS (Private Yacht) Owned by wood-pulp magnate Hugh J. Chisholm, Jr.
- USS WILLIAMSBURG PG-56 Commissioned October 7 1941
- USS WILLIAMSBURG AGC-369 Redesignated General Communications Vessel (AGC) November 10 1945
- ANTON BRUNN (Research Vessel) Transferred to National Science Foundation for oceanographic service and renamed
- WILLIAMSBURG (Privately Owned) Sold at auction 1968, original name restored
Keel Laid March 19 1930
Launched December 8 1930
Acquired by U.S. Navy April 24 1941 and renamed
Designated Patrol Gunboat (PG) June 23 1941
Designated as the Presidential Yacht
Decommissioned June 30 1953
Struck from Naval Register April 1 1962
Damaged beyond economical repair 1968 in a drydock sinking
Sold to a commercial concern for use as combination hotel-restaurant-museum
Transferred in 1993 to Genoa, Italy, for conversion into a luxury cruise ship but those plans fell through
Laid up at the Navy wharf in La Spezia, Italy and sank at her moorings in 2015
Scrapped at La Spezia, Italy in March 2016
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- Covers Page 1 (1942)
Postmarks
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USPO Slogan |
1947-07-14 |
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The ship had no postal facilities.
Other Information
NAMESAKE - Named for the city of Williamsburg, Virginia
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