PHEASANT AM 61

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 July 22 1942 - Launched October 24 1942 USS PHEASANT AM-61 Commissioned December 12 1942 - Decommissioned January 15 1947 Reclassified Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull) (MSF) February 7 1955, While in reserve Struck from Naval Register December 1 1966 Sunk as target   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). 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. Covers Page 1     (1944)   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 --- Killer Bar Text Date From to Date To Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image Thumbnail Link To Cover Image   Locy Type 2z 1945-01-25 Note:   Other Information PHEASANT received two battle stars for World War II service NAMESAKE - A large, long-tailed, brilliantly colored gallinaceous bird     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.   Copyright 2024 Naval Cover Museum