POINT LOMA AGDS 2

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.

Point Barrow Class Cargo Ship Dock Keel Laid September 18 1956 - Launched May 25 1957 Delivered to Military Sea Transportation Service May 28 1958 USNS POINT BARROW T-AKD-1 Placed In Service May 29 1958 POINT LOMA T-AGDS-2 Reclassified January 3 1974 as Deep Submergence Support Ship (AGDS) and renamed USS POINT LOMA AGDS-2 Commissioned "Special" February 28 1974 POINT LOMA T-AGDS-2 Placed In Service with MSTS September 30 1986 Struck from Naval Register September 28 1993 Out of Service October 1 1993 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA Scrapped October 27 2006

Naval Covers

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1. USNS Point Barrow T-AKD-1 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)
2. USNS Point Loma T-AGDS-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.

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

 

USPS Machine Cancel Ft. Lauderdale, FL

1979-07-05

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Other Information

USNS Point Barrow/USNS Point Loma earned the National Defense Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE -

POINT BARROW - The northernmost point in Alaska

POINT LOMA - Southern point in San Diego County, California

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Ruthven E. Libbey.

 

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