ROCKVILLE EPCE(R) 851

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.

PCER-848 Class Patrol Craft Escort (Rescue) Originally planned as PCE-851 but reclassified PCE(R)-851 June 1943 Keel Laid 18 October 1943 - Launched 22 February 1944 USS PCE(R)-851 Commissioned 15 May 1944 PCE(R)-851 Placed in service as a Naval Reserve training vessel in July 1946 assigned Boston EPCE(R)-851 Reclassified as an Experimental Patrol Craft Escort (Rescue), EPCE(R)-851, 15 October 1951 ROCKVILLE EPCE(R)-851 Named Rockville 15 February 1956 Decommissioned 21 December 1968 Struck from the Navy Register 21 December 1968 ARC SAN ANDRES BO-151 Transferred to Columbia in 1969 and renamed Transferred to the Columbian Coast Guard in the early 1980s Decommissioned in the late 1980s Fate unknown.

Naval Covers

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1. Rockville EPCE(R)-851 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) USS USS Greenwich Bay AVP 41

1964-06-06

N/A

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Cities in Maryland and Connecticut.

PCER--851 earned three battle stars during World War II.

 

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