BEAVER ARG 19

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.

Beaver Class Submarine Tender Keel Laid (Date unknown) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA Launched November 27 1909 BEAVER (Passenger Liner) Delivered to Union Pacific Railroad November 13 1910 Sold c1911 to the San Francisco & Portland Steamship Co. Purchased by the U.S. Navy on 1 July 1918 BEAVER ID-2302 Converted to Submarine Tender (Date unknown) USS BEAVER Submarine Tender No. 5 Commissioned October 1 1918 USS BEAVER AS-5 Designated (AS) July 17 1920 USS BEAVER ARG-19 Reclassified Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship (ARG) June 25 1945 Decommissioned July 17 1946 Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown) Transferred August 5 1946 to War Shipping Administration for disposal Sold August 28 1950 to Boston Metals Corp. Baltimore, MD for scrap. Scrapped in 1952

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Beaver AS-5/ARG-19 Covers Page 1     (1921-1944)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 3 (AC)

1923-09-25

As AS-5

 

Locy Type 3 (B) "TSINGTAO / CHINA"

1926-10-16

As AS-5

 

Locy Type 3 (B) "TSINGTAO / CHINA"

1929-08-06

As AS-5
Official Business envelope from USS S-31

 

Locy Type 3b

1929-10-24

As AS-5

 

Locy Type 3r (AC-BTT) "PEARL / HARBOR"

1937-12-16

As AS-5. Official Business

 

Locy Type 3s "TSINGTAO / CHINA"

1931-07-11

As AS-5. Official Business.

 

Locy Type 3s "TSINGTAO / CHINA"

1931-09-19

As AS-5. Return to USS S-34

 

Locy Type 3s (B-TBT) "PEARL / HARBOR T.H."

1935-03-08

As AS-5. Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 3s (B-TBT) "IN HIS / MEMORY"

1936-02-12

As AS-5. Lincoln's Birthday, cachet by James Chun ANCS #76 and Elsie Lee ANCS #219

 

Locy Type 3z (BTT)

1941-10-05

As AS-5. Cachet by M. Fay Muridge

 

Locy Type 3z (BBT)

1944-01-30

As AS-5. Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 5hks "SUB DETACH / P.H.H.T."

1932-11-30

As AS-5

 

Locy Type 5hks "SAN DIEGO / CALIF."

1933-03-01

As AS-5. Sailor Mail from USS S-44 SS 155

 

Locy Type 6ep (3)

1941-02-26

As AS-5. Cachet by Paul J. Gross

 

Locy Type 9v (C)

1929-08-05

As AS-5. Postmark from the back of the cover.

 

Locy Type 9v

1941-09-03

As AS-5. Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type 9efw

1941-07-10

As AS-5

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USS Beaver's Unique Censor Marking

 

Locy Type 6ep (3)

1941-05-01

AS-5. Official Business. Censor marking digitally enhanced. Courtesy of James Moses

 

Other Information

USS BEAVER earned the Yangtze Service Medal, the American Defense Service Medal w/ Fleet clasp, the American Campaign Medal, the Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the Navy Occupation Service Medal w/ Asia clasp during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A large aquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having thick brown fur, webbed hind feet, a broad flat tail, and sharp incisors adapted for gnawing bark, felling trees, and constructing dams and underwater lodges.

 

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