GARDINERS BAY AVP 39

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.

Barnegat Class Small Seaplane Tender
Keel Laid March 14 1944 - Launched December 2 1944


1. USS GARDINERS BAY AVP-39
   Commissioned February 11 1945 - Decommissioned February 1 1958
   
   Struck from Naval Register May 1 1968
   
   
2. KNM HAAKEN VII A-537
   Transferred to Norway May 17 1958 and renamed
   Sold to Norway May 1 1968
   
   Struck from the Norwegian Navy 1974 and scrapped

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1945-69)

 

Postmarks

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

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Post office established February 1 1945 - Disestablished December 12 1957

 

Locy Type 2t(nu)

1947-09-09

Maneuvers At Sea, cachet by Estelle L. Burroughs

 

Locy Type 2t(nu)

1947-10-22

Columbus Day, cachet by Donald R. Graf

 

Locy Type 2z

1946-05-13

Note:

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu)

1950-09-10

Favor strike on stamp block later added to cover

 

Locy Type 9# (Br. #15531)

1945-08-05 to 1945-08-13

Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type 2z + SL "Tokyo"

1946-01-26

Note: Listed in USCS Postmark Catalog as "Tokyo Bay"

 

Locy Type 2z "Tokyo"

1946-01-26

Note: Listed in USCS Postmark Catalog as + SL "Tokyo Bay"

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Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS SIERRA AD-18

1969-03-10

No Image

Welcome to Norfolk VA, KNM HAAKON VII ex USS Gardiners Bay AVP-39. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Other Information

GARDINERS BAY earned 2 Battle Stars for WWII
* Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, June 3-30 1945
* 3rd Fleet operations against Japan
July 10-25 1945

GARDINERS BAY was at Tokyo Bay September 2 1945 for the Japanese surrender

Earned 4 Battle Stars for Korea
* North Korea Aggression
October 2-28 1950
* Communist China Aggression
November 9-19 1950
* First UN Counter Offensive
March 1-5 1951
* Korean Summer-Fall 1953
June 16 to July 1 1953

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
China Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia Clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (4) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal

NAMESAKE - Named for a small arm of the Atlantic Ocean, in The State of New York between the two flukelike peninsulas at the eastern end of Long Island. It is bounded on its eastern end, where it connects to Block Island Sound, by Gardiners Island, privately owned by the Gardiner family, and the only intact real estate grant of the English Crown in the United States

 

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