ORCA AVP 49
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 13 July 1942 - Launched 4 October 1942 Recommissioned 15 December 1951 - Decommissioned March 1960 Reactivated 1961 for conversion to Training Ship During Eritrean revolution in 1991 ETHIOPIA escaped to Yemen Sold for scrap in 1993 |
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- USS Orca AVP-49 Covers Page 1 (1944-1958)
Postmarks
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1st Commissioning 23 January 1944 to 31 October 1947
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Locy Type 2z |
1944-05-02 |
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Censored, WWII use
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Locy Type |
1946-02-03 |
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Locy Type SL |
1947-09-02 |
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Postmarked from San Francisco CA on Sept. 2 1947. Cacheted cover.
2nd Commissioning 15 December 1951 to March 1960
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Locy Type |
1952-01-10 |
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Add-on cachet by Wolfgang Hechler
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Locy Type 2r |
1953-12-28 |
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Locy Type |
1958-09-02 |
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Locy Type |
1952-08-16 |
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In Service with ETHIOPIA
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Locy Type |
1965-03-21 |
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Welcome to Norfolk, HMS Ethiopia. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson
Other Information
USS ORCA earned the Combat Action Ribbon (3 awards), the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the China Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 4 Battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Philippines Liberation Medal (2 awards) during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - A Bay near Cordova, Alaska, Latin form of orc—the grampus or killer whale.
The ships sponsor was Mrs. J. W. Reeves, Jr.
Three ships of the US Navy have borne the name ORCA - USS K-3 SS-34 (Named ORCA when keel laid, name changed during construction), USS Orca SP-726 and USS Orca AVP-49.
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