GALLUP PG 85

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.

Asheville Class Motor Gunboat Keel Laid 27 April 1964 - Launched 15 June 1965 Delivered 21 October 1966 USS GALLUP PGM-85 Commissioned 22 October 1966 USS GALLUP PG-85 Reclassified as a Patrol Gunboat (PG) 1 April 1967 Decommissioned 31 January 1977 Struck from the Navy Register 9 October 1984 Transferred to MARCOM 6 August 2004 for disposal Sold for scrap 13 May 2007 to ESCO Marine Inc. of Brownsville, TX Removed from the Reserve Fleet 14 June 2007.

Naval Covers

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1. USS Gallup PG-85 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

 

Locy Type 7di("POW/MIA") Naval Station Guam

1972-02-28

N/A

Ships cachet, collectors request by Thad W. Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type 2t(nu)(USS,"LPA") USS Paul Revere LPA-248

1977-01-31

N/A

Decommissioning. Ships cachet, collectors request by Thad W. Kaczkowski

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A town in New Mexico.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Goodwin Chase

 

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