GALLANT MSO 489

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.

Aggressive Class Minesweeper Keel Laid 21 May 1953 Launched 4 June 1954 as AM-489 Redesignated Ocean Minesweeper (MSO) 7 February 1955 USS GALLANT MSO-489 Commissioned 14 September 1955 - Decommissioned 29 April 1994 Struck from Navy Register 29 April 1994 ROCS YUNG KU M-1308 (Taiwanese Naval Service) Sold to Taiwan 8 September 1994 and renamed Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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1. USS Gallant MSO-489 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

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

 

USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Long Beach, Calif.

1967-04-26

Note:

 

USPS Machine Cancel San Francisco, CA

1975-09-13

N/A

Add-on cachet by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; chivalrous; stately in appearance or action.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name GALLANT - USS Gallant PYc-29 and USS Gallant MSO-489.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Walter Meserole.

 

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