MENDER ARSD 2

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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.

    Gypsy Class Salvage Lifting Vessel
    Authorized as LSM-550 - Reclassified ARSD-2 24 April 1945
    Named MENDER 1 May 1945 - Keel Laid 25 August 1945
    Launched 7 December 1945

  1. USS MENDER ARSD-2
    Commissioned 8 March 1946 - Decommissioned 21 January 1948
    Recommissioned 12 September 1951 - Decommissioned 20 December 1955

    Struck from the Naval Register 1 June 1973
    Sold for scrapping 1 January 1974

Naval Covers

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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.

  1. USS Mender ARSD-2 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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link
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Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link
To
Cover Image



 

USPO
Machine Postmark
San Pedro, CA

1947-02-21

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

USS MENDER earned the World War II Victory Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal w/ 2 Battle stars, the United Nations Service Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - One who repairs or restores to good condition.

 


 

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 


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