SUMNER AGS 5
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.
Bushnell Class Submarine Tender |
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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).
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- Bushnell Covers Page 1 (1917-40)
- Sumner Covers Page 1 (1940-46)
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.
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USS BUSHNELL AS-2
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Locy Type |
1920-06-21 |
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As BUSHNELL Submarine Tender
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1918-03-26 |
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As BUSHNELL Submarine Tender. Censored wartime (WWI) use
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1917-01-21 |
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BUSHNELL Submarine Tender. Courtesy of the Jim Myerson Collection.
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1917-04-21 |
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As BUSHNELL Submarine Tender. Censored wartime (WWI) use
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1934-07-04 |
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As BUSHNELL AS-2. Independence Day, cachet by Henry Kraus
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1934-08-28 |
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As BUSHNELL AS-2. Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell
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1935-09-02 |
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As BUSHNELL AS-2. Labor Day, Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell
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1935-05-07 |
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As BUSHNELL AS-2. Aloha Gobs!, Cachet by John Rodgers Chapter No. 26, USCS
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1936-06-18 |
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As BUSHNELL AS-2. Sailor's mail
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Locy Type |
1937-11-24 |
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As BUSHNELL AS-2. 22nd Anniversary of Commissioning cachet by Frederick Horton
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1939-08-21 |
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As BUSHNELL AS-2
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1940-07-11 |
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As BUSHNELL AS-2
Walter G. Crosby
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Locy Type |
1940-03-21 |
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As BUSHNELL AS-2
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Locy Type |
1923-12-15 |
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As BUSHNELL AS-2
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1928-05-25 |
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As BUSHNELL AS-2
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1930-11-28 |
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As BUSHNELL AS-2. Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell
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1929-06-14 |
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As BUSHNELL AS-2
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1932-06-29 |
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As BUSHNELL AS-2
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1927-02-25 |
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As BUSHNELL AS-2. Registered mark on reduced piece
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1939-12-19 |
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As BUSHNELL AS-2
Note: Cancel not "tied" (no postal ink on cover) to cover. Possible case of "Cancelled to Order" favor postmark and stamps later applied to blank envelopes. Look closely at the postmark illustration with special attention to the center perforations.
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Locy Type F |
1935-08-13 |
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As BUSHNELL AS-2. Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell
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Locy Type |
c 1926 |
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BUSHNELL Submarine Tender. Courtesy of the Jim Myerson Collection.
USS SUMNER AGS-5
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Locy Type |
1940-10-19 |
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As SUMNER AG-32. First Day of Postal Service
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1940-11-24 |
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25th Anniversary, cachet by Loring W. Stannard, sponsored by the David Bushnell Chapter No. 48, USCS
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1941-08-11 |
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As SUMNER AG-32. Manuscript ship's name and Paul Gross' R/S on back.
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Locy Type |
1941-02-07 |
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As SUMNER AG-32
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1946-06-17 |
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As SUMNER AGS-5. On the back of the June 17 1946 cover
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Locy Type |
1946-06-17 |
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As Sumner AGS-5. On the back of the June 17 1946 cover
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Locy Type F |
1946-05-12 |
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As SUMNER AGS-5
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Locy Type F |
1946-06-17 |
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As SUMNER AGS-5
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Locy Type P |
1946-01-01 |
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As SUMNER AGS-5
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1946-09-13 |
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As SUMNER AGS-5. Last Day in Commission
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1946-09-13 |
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Other Information
USS BUSHNELL
USS BUSHNELL earned the World War I Victory Medal (with Patrol clasp) for her service in World War I.
NAMESAKE - Named in Honor of David Bushnell (c1742 - 1824). A graduate of Yale University in 1775, he managed to explode gunpowder underwater which is thought to have suggested to him the idea of a submarine mine or torpedo. In 1775 he completed a man-propelled, wooden submarine boat, on the outside of which was attached a powder magazine with clock mechanism enclosed for igniting it. Bushnell's vessel was unsuccessful in her attempts to blow up British vessels in 1776-77. Bushnell commanded the Corps of Engineers at West Point in 1783; later became the head of a private school in Georgia
SUMNER
USS Sumner was at Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941
USS SUMNER earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the China Service Medal, the American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp), the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 3 Battle stars), the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) and the Philippines Liberation Medal for her service in World War II
NAMESAKE - Thomas Hubbard Sumner (March 20 1807 – March 9 1876).
Sumner was a sea captain during the 19th century. He is best known for developing the celestial navigation method known as the Sumner Line or line of position.
There has been two ships of the US Navy named after Thomas H. SUMNER -
USS SUMNER (AG 32 / AGS 5) was originally the submarine tender BUSHNELL; commissioned in 1915, converted to a survey ship in World War II, and a participant in the nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll; decommissioned in 1946 and USNS SUMNER T-AGS 61.
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