WILLIAMSBURG AGC 369

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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.

    Patrol Gunboat
    Keel Laid March 19 1930
    Launched December 8 1930 as ARAS II
    Acquired by U.S. Navy April 24 1941 and renamed
    Designated Patrol Gunboat (PG) June 23 1941

  1. USS WILLIAMSBURG PG-56
    Commissioned October 7 1941

  2. USS WILLIAMSBURG AGC-369
    Redesignated General Communications Vessel (AGC) November 10 1945
    Designated as the Presidential Yacht
    Decommissioned June 30 1953

    Struck from Naval Register April 1 1962

  3. ANTON BRUNN
    Transferred to National Science Foundation for oceanographic service and renamed
    Damaged beyond economical repair 1968 in a drydock sinking

  4. WILLIAMSBURG
    Sold at auction 1968, original name restored
    Sold to a commercial concern for use as combination hotel-restaurant-museum
    Ownership transferred to the Presidential Yacht Trust
    Transferred to the USS Williamsburg Corp. April 15 1993

    Scrapped at La Spezia, Italy

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 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).

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. Covers Page 1     (1942)

 

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.

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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NO WILLIAMSBURG POSTMARKS
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Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for the city of Williamsburg, Virginia

 


 

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