COFER APD 62

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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.

    Buckley Class Type TE Destroyer Escort
    Keel Laid May 12 1943 - Launched September 6 1943

  1. USS COFER DE-208
    Commissioned January 19 1944

  2. USS COFER APD-62
    Reclassified High Speed Transport (APD) July 5 1944
    Decommissioned June 28 1946

    Struck from Naval Register April 1 1966
    Sold March 5 1968 for scrap

Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page 1     (1944-45)

 

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.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
to
Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image

Post Office Established January 18 1944 - Disestablished March 14 1946


 

Locy Type
2z

1945-03-24
to
1945-04-02

As APD-62
Mark from back of cover


 

Locy Type
LDPS 9efu

1946-03-13

AS APD-62
Last Day Postal Service, cachet by M. Fay Muridge.

 

Other Information

COFER earned 8 Battle Stars (WWII)

NAMESAKE - John Joseph Cofer USN (November 30 1919 - November 13 1942)
Cofer enlisted in the Navy October 27 1941, and reported for duty in USS AARON WARD DD-483 March 4 1942. Seaman First Class Cofer was killed in action November 13 1942 during the naval battle off Guadalcanal. He was posthumously awarded The Silver Star for his gallant and intrepid conduct as spotter and rangefinder operator during the action

 


 

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