PROCYON AF 61
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 April 15 1942 Launched July 1 1942 as FLYING SCUD Operated by United Fruit Co. August 18 1943 - September 4 1946 Operated by Pacific Far East Lines September 5 1946 - October 19 1948 Operated by General Steamship Corp. October 18-25 1948 Returned to Maritime Commission October 26 1948 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Group Rechartered to Pacific Far East Line December 10 1948 Laid up February 24 1956 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Acquired by U.S. Navy August 8 1961 |
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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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- USS Procyon AF-61 Covers Page 1 (1966)
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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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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1966-09-19 |
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Add-on cachet by Richard Hoffner
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1966-09-19 |
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Add-on cachet by Richard Hoffner
Other Information
USS PROCYON earned the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal w/ ten Campaign stars and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - The brightest star in the constellation of Canis Minor.
Three ships of the US Navy have borne the name PROCYON - USS Procyon AG-11, USS Procyon AK-19 and USS Procyon AF-61.
The ships sponsor was Mrs. Carl W. Flesher.
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