LAERTES AR 20

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.

Xanthus Class Repair Ship Keel Laid August 7 1944 for Great Britain Launched September 14 1944 as HMS DUTIFUL F-176 Retained by U.S. Navy September 28 1944 and renamed USS LAERTES AR-20 Commissioned March 24 1945 - Decommissioned January 15 1947 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet Recommissioned December 19 1951 - Decommissioned February 26 1954 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Group Struck from Naval Register September 1 1962 Sold 1972 for scrap

Naval Covers

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).

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1. Covers Page 1     (1945-52)

 

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.

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

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1st Commissioning March 24 1945 to January 15 1947

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-06-17

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 9# (Br. #15592)

1945-05-29 to 1945-06-13

Mark from back of cover

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2nd Commissioning December 19 1951 to February 26 1954

 

Locy Type FDPS 2r

1952-01-06

First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type FDPS 9efu (Unlisted)

1952-01-06

First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type 2r

1952-02-04

Note:

 

Other Information

LAERTES received 2 battle stars for Korean War service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (2) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

NAMESAKE - In Greek legend a king of Ithaca, father of Odysseus

 

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