ELY PCE 880

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.

PCE-842 Class Patrol Craft Escort Keel Laid August 12 1943 - Launched October 27 1943 USS PCE-880 Commissioned April 29 1944 USS ELY PCE-880 Named February 15 1956 Served on Lakes with Naval Reserve, 1950-1960's. Struck from the Navy list July 1 1970 R/V Aqualab II Transferred September 3 1970 to the State of Maine (Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute) Sold in 1972 to Kirks Marine Enterprise, Inc. of Dover, DE Sold in 1975 to Norman Industries, Inc. of Lafayette, LA; Renamed "Atlantic Mist" in 1979 In service into 1980 - Fate unknown.

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. Covers Page 1     (1964)

 

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	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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No Postmarks Reported

 

Double-ring CDS Port Huron MI

1964-07-18

N/A

Anti-Submarine War (ASW) Games 1964. Participants include USS Runner SS-476, USS Amherst PCE(R)-853, USS Havre PCE-877, USS Ely PCE-880, USS Farmington PCE-894, USS Portage PCE-902 and USS Daniel A. Joy DE-585.

 

USPO Machine Postmark Sheboygan, WI

1969-12-17

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Cities in Minnesota and Nevada.

 

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