FLORIKAN ASR 9

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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.

    Chanticleer Class Submarine Rescue Ship
    Keel Laid September 30 1941 - Launched January 14 1942

  1. USS FLORIKAN ASR-9
    Commissioned April 5 1943 - Decommissioned August 2 1991

    Struck from Naval Register September 3 1991
    Transferred July 28 2001 to Maritime Administration for disposal
    Laid up in National Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA
    Withdrawn from Reserve Fleet November 28 2006
    Fate unknown


Naval Covers

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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 Florikan ASR-9 Covers Page 1     (1943)

 

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


 

USPO Slogan
Machine Cancel

Oakland, Calif

1942-06-14

Launching




 

Locy Type
3z

1943-06-11

Official Mail


 

Locy Type
SLKb

(1946)

Note:


 

Locy Type
2z*

1944-02-10

This cancel is not identified with the ship, so the cover was posted either on another ship or ashore.




 

Locy Type
2-1(n+) (D2,USS)
1978

USS San Bernardino
LST-1189

1979-09-05

N/A

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

USS FLORIKAN earned the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (4 awards), the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 1 Campaign Star, the United Nations Service Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A bustard of India.

 


 

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