MURRELET MSF 372

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.

Auk Class Minesweeper Keel Laid 24 August 1944 - Launched 29 December 1944 USS MURRELET AM-372 Commissioned 21 August 1945 USS MURRELET MSF-372 Reclassified as a Fleet Minesweeper, Steel Hull (MSF) 7 February 1955 Decommissioned 14 March 1957 Struck from the Naval Register 1 December 1964 RPS RIZAL PCE-69 (Philippine Naval Service) Transferred to the Philippines 18 June 1965 and renamed RPS RIZAL PS-69 (Philippine Naval Service) Reclassified as a Patrol Corvette, (PS) Struck from the Philippine Navy list in 1994 Overhauled and returned to service in 1995 RPS RIZAL PS-74 (Philippine Naval Service) Reclassified PS-74 in 1996 Fate unknown.

Naval Covers

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1. USS Murrelet MSF-372 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.

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

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-08-21

Commissioning. The ship had no postal facilities.

 

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A small sea bird found chiefly on islands in the northern Pacific.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. W. L. Mingledorff.

 

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