BERING STRAIT WHEC 382
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.
Keel Laid June 7 1943 - Launched January 15 1944 |
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).
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- Covers Page 1 (1945-46)
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.
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Postmark Type |
Date From to Date To |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Locy Type |
1945-03-09 |
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As AVP-34
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Locy Type |
1945-12-22 |
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As AVP-34
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Locy Type |
1946-01-23 |
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As AVP-34
Last Day of Postal Service. Cachet by Louis S. Pentel
Other Information
BERING STRAIT AVP-34 received three battle stars for World War II service
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Iwo Jima operation
Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, February 15 - March 16 1945
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3rd Fleet operations against Japan July 10-25 1945
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Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, March 26 - June 30 1945
BERING STRAIT WHEC-382 received five campaign stars for Vietnam War service
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Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II May 15-31 1967
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Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III June 1 1967 - January 29 1968
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Tet Counteroffensive - Phase III January 30 - February 4 1968
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Sanctuary Counteroffensive June 9-21 1970
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Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII July 2-15 and 28-31 1970
August 16-31 1970
October 7-26 1970
November 7-21 1970
November 22 - January 1 1971
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign (3) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (5) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (5) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
NAMESAKE - The strait connecting the Arctic Ocean and the Bering Sea and separating Russian Asia from North America. The Danish explorer for whom it was named, Vitus Bering, made the first transit of the strait in 1728
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