OCEANOGRAPHER AGS 3

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.

Yacht
Built 1899


1. CORSAIR II
   Acquired by U.S. Navy May 15 1917
   
   
2. USS CORSAIR SP-159
   Commissioned May 15 1917 - Decommissioned May 7 1919
   Returned to her owner J. P. Morgan June 9 1919
   Acquired by the Coast and Geodetic Survey c1930
   
   
3. USC&GS OCEANOGRAPHER OSS-26
   Reacquired by U.S. Navy April 7 1942
   
   
4. USS NATCHEZ PG-85
   Reclassified Patrol Gunboat (PG) April 15 1942
   
   
5. USS OCEANOGRAPHER AGS-3
   Rerigged and outfitted as Survey Ship (AGS)
   Commissioned August 15 1942 - Decommissioned September 22 1944
   
   Struck from Naval Register October 14 1944
   Broken up for scrap
   

 

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 incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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

NO CORSAIR / NATCHEZ POSTMARKS REPORTED

 

Locy Type 3z

1944-01-17

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Other Information

CORSAIR

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
WWI Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - Former name retained...A pirate

OCEANOGRAPHER

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - Named for the student of the ocean and its phenomena

 

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