RANDOLPH CVS 15

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.

Essex Class Aircraft Carrier Keel Laid May 10 1943 - Launched 29 June 1944 USS RANDOLPH CV-15 Commissioned October 9 1944 - Decommissioned February 25 1948 Redesignated Attack Carrier (CVA) October 1 1952 USS RANDOLPH CVA-15 Recommissioned July 1 1953 USS RANDOLPH CVS-15 Redesignated Anti-submarine Carrier (CVS) April 1 1959 Decommissioned February 13 1969 Struck from Naval Register June 1 1973 Scrapped 1975

Naval Covers

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1. Randolph Covers Page 1     (1945-67)

 

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 --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type FAKE 3z

1944-10-09

No Image

CV-15 Commissioning cover from Glenn W. Dye. FAKE postmark

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1st Commissioning October 9 1944 to February 25 1948

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1946-03-01

As CV-15

 

Locy Type 2t(nu)

1947-07-17

As CV-15

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-04-15

As CV-15
Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-3b

1945-09-02

As CV-15
Censored wartime (WWII) use
Tokyo Bay

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2nd Commissioning July 1 1953 to February 13 1969

 

Locy Type 2

1953-07-29

As CVA-15

 

Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-3c

1965-10-09

As CVS-15
Commissioning anniversary, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-3d

1962-02-20

As CVS-15

 

Locy Type 2p

1954-06-04

As CVA-15

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (CVS,USS)

1961-07-21

As CVS-15

 

Locy Type 7t

1956-01-13

CVA-15. Add-on cachet by Stewart Milstein

 

Locy Type 7t

1957-09-25

CVA-15. Dial inverted

 

Locy Type 7t(n+u) (USS)

1967-02-04

As CVS-15

 

Other Information

RANDOLPH earned 3 Battle Stars (WWII)

NAMESAKE - Peyton Randolph (1721-1775)
Randolph was a member of and first President of the First Continental Congress (September 5 - October 21 1774 and May 10-23 1775)

 

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