IVY WLB 329

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.

Chimo Class Minelayer Keel Laid - Launched USAMP COLONEL GEORGE ARMISTEAD MP-3 U.S. Army Mine Planter Commissioned December 1942 Acquired by the US Navy 6 January 1945 Renamed BARBICAN and designated Auxiliary Minelayer (ACM) 19 January 1945 USS BARBICAN ACM-5 Commissioned 24 March 1945 - Decommissioned 12 June 1946 Struck from the Navy list 19 July 1946 USCGC IVY WAGL-329 Commissioned 1947 USCGC IVY WLB-329 Redesignated 1964 - Decommissioned 26 November 1969 AGNES FOSS (Commercial Service) Sold to Foss Maritime, Tacoma, WA 1969 and renamed Note that this is the second AGNES FOSS owned by Foss Maritime not the one purchased from the US Navy in 1946 MARIA JOSE (Commercial Service) Sold to a company in Guayaquil, Ecuador 1977 and renamed Converted for use as a tuna seiner Fate Unknown

Naval Covers

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1. USCGC Ivy WLB-329 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

 

USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Astoria OR

1962-06-07

N/A

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - (ARMISTEAD) - George Armistead (10 April 1780 – 25 April 1818) was an American military officer who served as the commander of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.

NAMESAKE - (BARBICAN) - The outer defense of a castle or walled city, especially a double tower above a gate or drawbridge.

NAMESAKE - (IVY) - Hedera, commonly called ivy, is a genus of 12–15 species of evergreen climbing or ground-creeping woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to western, central and southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwestern Africa and across central-southern Asia east to Japan and Taiwan.

Two ships of the US Army have been named in Col. Armistead's honor - USAMP Col. George Armistead (1904) and USAMP Col. George Armistead (1942)

Four cutters have borne the name IVY - IVY (1870), IVY (1881), IVY (1904) and USCGC Ivy WLB-329.

 

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