PUGET SOUND CVE 113

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.

Commencement Bay Class Escort Carrier Keel Laid as Hobart Bay 12 May 1944 (for a bay along the coast of Alaska) Renamed Puget Sound 5 June 1944 Launched 20 November 1944 USS PUGET SOUND CVE-113 Commissioned 18 June 1945 - Decommissioned 18 October 1946 Reclassified Escort Helicopter Carrier (CVHE) June 12 1955 while in reserve Reclassified Cargo Ship and Aircraft Ferry AKV-13 June 1959 while in reserve Struck from Naval Register 1 June 1960 Sold 10 June 1962 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Puget Sound CVE-113 Covers Page 1     (1945)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1945-12-24

Note:

 

Locy Type 2# (Br. #15922)

1945-10-19

Note:

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu)

1945-12-08

Official Business. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type Pz "NAVY / DAY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-84

1945-10-27

Tokyo Bay

 

Locy Type SL

1945-12-08

Official Business. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Other Information

USS PUGET SOUND earned the China Service Medal, the American 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 sound on the coast of Washington State.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Bert A. Teats (née Jenni Alice Waugaman), mother of ENS Grant Wayne Teats, who, serving with Torpedo Squadron (VT) 8, was killed in action during the Battle of Midway and posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name PUGET SOUND - USS Puget Sound CVE-113 and USS Puget Sound AD-38

 

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