PORTAGE PCE 902

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 January 29 1943 - Launched August 28 1943 USS PCE-902 Commissioned April 30 1945 - Decommissioned November 24 1949 USS PCE-902 Departed Philadelphia May 7 1950 and Placed in Service for Naval Reserve training duty in the Great Lakes. USS PORTAGE PCE-902 Named February 15 1956 - Placed out of Service 1970 (?) Struck from the Navy Register June 1 1970 Sold for scrap December 1 1973

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     (1946,1964,2008)

 

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

 

Locy Type 2

1946-05-17

Postmarked from Hawaiian Sea Forces / Hawaiian Sea Frontier Branch Honolulu HI

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No Postmarks Reported

 

Canadian Slogan Machine Cancel Sarnia, Ontario

1964-07-10

N/A

Port Visit to Sarnia Ont., cacheted.

 

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.

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USPS Type 12 Portage PA

2008-04-03

N/A

Commemorative cover by Alvin Eckert postmarked at one of the ships namesake cities.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Cities in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

 

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