JAMESTOWN AGTR 3
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.
Keel Laid 4 May 1945 Launched 10 July 1945 as J. HOWLAND GARDNER Completed 14 August 1945 and chartered by Waterman Steamship Co. Chartered 3 February 1947 to U.S. Navigation Co. Chartered 20 October 1948 to South Atlantic Steamship Lines Acquired by U.S. Navy 10 August 1962 |
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This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).
Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.
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.
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Locy Type |
1963-12-13 |
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As AG-166. First Day of Commission/Postal Service, cachet by Morris W. Beck. Signed by the Commanding Officer, CDR. Alan J. Kaplan.
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Locy Type |
1963-12-13 |
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As AG-166. First Day of Commission, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Different set-up of the dial than the previous cover (Year/Day/Month).
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Locy Type |
1969-11-17 |
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As AGTR-3. Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)
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(year)-12-25 |
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Undated Christmas card
Other Information
USS JAMESTOWN earned the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 9 campaign stars, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation Ribbon (9 awards) and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - Jamestown, Va., is the earliest permanent settlement established by Englishmen in North America.
Three ships of the US Navy have been named JAMESTOWN - USS Jamestown (Sloop, 1844), USS Jamestown PG-55 and USS Jamestown AGTR-3.
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