RAVEN MSF 55

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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.

    Raven Class Minesweeper
    Keel Laid 28 June 1939 - Launched 24 August 1940

  1. USS RAVEN AM-55
    Commissioned 11 November 1940 - Decommissioned 31 May 1946

  2. USS RAVEN MSF-55
    Reclassified Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hulled) (MSF) 7 February 1955, while in reserve

    Struck from Naval Register 1 May 1967
    Sunk 1967 as a target off southern California

 

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 incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.

  1. USS Raven AM-55 Covers Page 1    (1939-42)

 

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.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link
To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link
To
Cover Image


 

Locy Type
FDPS 3r (A-BTT)

"FIRST DAY /
MAIL SERVICE"

1941-02-24

First Day of Postal Service, Unidentified cachetmaker


 

Locy Type
3z (BBT)

1942-10-21

Censored, WWII use


 

Locy Type 9v

1941-06-15

On Piece


 

Locy Type 9x

1941-06-15

On Piece

 

Other Information

USS RAVEN earned three battle stars for her World War II service.

Three ships of the US Navy have borne the name RAVEN - USS Raven (1813 Schooner), USS Raven MSF-55 and USS Raven MHC-61

The ships sponsor was Miss Elizabeth Scott Baker.

 


 

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.

 


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