COMET T-AKR 7

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.

Comet Class Roll-on Roll-off Cargo Ship Keel Laid 31 July 1957 - Launched 31 July 1957 Delivered to the Navy 27 January 1958 USNS COMET T-AK-269 Placed in service 27 January 1958 USNS COMET T-LSV-7 Redesignated Vehicle Landing Ship, (T-LSV-7) 1 January 1963 USNS COMET T-AKR-7 Redesignated Vehicle Cargo Ship/ Roll-on/Roll-off Ship (T-AKR-7) (date unknown) Placed out of Service (Date Unknown) Transferred to MARAD, laid up in the Reserve Fleet Reassigned to the National Defense Reserve Fleet 28 July 2006

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. USNS COMET T-AK-269 Covers Page 1     (Date)
2. USNS COMET T-LSV-7 Covers Page 1     (Date)
3. USNS COMET T-AKR-7 Covers Page 1     (Date)

 

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

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u)(USS) USS William M. Wood DD-715

1976-10-21

N/A

Welcome to Norfolk, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

USPS Slogan Machine Cancel Oakland CA

1991-01-09

N/A

Desert Shield

 

Other Information

USNS COMET earned the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Southwest Asia Service Medal and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.

NAMESAKE - A luminous astronomical body, commonly with a long nebulous tail, and following a fixed orbit around the sun.

There have four ships of the US Navy named COMET - USS Comet (14-gun Schooner 1812), USS Comet SP-772, USS Comet AP-166 and USNS Comet T-AKR-7.

 

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