SEARCHER AGR 4
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 December 11 1944 as "SS James W. Wheeler", a Maritime Commission type (Z-EC2-S-C5) hull Launched January 23 1945 Delivered February 5 1945 to the Maritime Commission to be operated by Calmar Steamship Co. Returned to the Maritime Commission October 29 1945 Leased to Grace Lines Inc, February 4 1947 - Returned October 1 1947 Custody transferred to US Navy September 19 1954 and converted to a Radar Picket Ship |
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- Covers Page 1 (1962)
Postmarks
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.
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Locy Type P |
1962-03-27
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Other Information
USS SEARCHER received the following awards during her Naval career - Navy Expeditionary Medal (2) - National Defense Service Medal.
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