WILLOUGHBY AGP 9
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 March 15 1943 as Small Seaplane Tender AVP-57 Redesignated Motor Torpedo Boat Tender (AGP) May 11 1943 Launched August 21 1943 |
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).
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- WILLOUGHBY Covers Page 1 (1945)
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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THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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Post Office Established June 18 1944 - Disestablished June 7 1946
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1945-12-09
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1945-12-09
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Other Information
WILLOUGHBY earned three battle stars for her World War II service
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Leyte operation
Leyte landings, October 20 to November 18 1944 and November 24-29 1944
Battle of Surigao Strait, October 24-26 1944
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Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines
Palawan Islands landings, February 28 to March 10 1945
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Borneo operations
Brunei Bay operations, June 10 to July 20 1945
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
NAMESAKE - A bay at Norfolk, Va., an estuary of Hampton Roads, named in 1608 by Capt. John Smith to honor both his birthplace and his close friend Lord Willoughby
GRESHAM earned four campaign stars for Vietnam War service
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Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II
May 10-31 1967
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Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III
June 1 1967 to January 29 1968
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Tet Counteroffensive
January 30 to April 1 1968
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Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV
April 2 to June 28 1968
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (4) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
NAMESAKE - Walter Q. Gresham (1832-1895)
Gresham was United States Secretary of the Treasury (1884)
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