COOK INLET AVP 36

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 August 23 1943 - Launched May 13 1944 USS COOK INLET AVP-36 Commissioned November 5 1944 - Decommissioned March 31 1946 Loaned to U.S. Coast Guard September 20 1948 USCGC COOK INLET WAVP-384 Commissioned January 15 1949 USCGC COOK INLET WHEC-384 Redesignated High Endurance Cutter (WHEC) May 1 1966 Decommissioned December 27 1971 RVNS TRAN QUOC TOAN HQ-6 (South Vietnamese Naval Service) Transferred to South Vietnam December 27 1971 and renamed Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown) Custody assumed by The Philippines April 1976 Used for spare parts

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1945)

 

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

 

Locy Type 9# (Br. #15005)

1945-05-26 to 1945-06-01

As AVP-36
Mark from back of cover

 

Other Information

USS COOK INLET

COOK INLET earned 1 Battle Star (WW))
* Iwo Jima operation, Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, March 1945

USCGC COOK INLET

Earned 2 Battle Stars (Vietnam)
* Consolidation I, July - November 1971
* Consolidation II, December 1971

NAMESAKE - An inlet in the coast of Alaska north of Kodiak

 

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