ALLENTOWN PF 52

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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.


    Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate
    Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat PG-160
    Reclassified Patrol Frigate (PF) April 15 1943
    Keel Laid March 23 1943 - Launched July 3 1943

  1. USS ALLENTOWN PF-52
    Commissioned March 24 1944 - Decommissioned July 12 1945

  2. EK-8 (Soviet Naval Service)
    Transferred under the Lend-Lease Program to The Soviet Union July 13 1945
    Returned to U.S. custody October 15 1949
    Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet at Yokosuka

  3. UME PF-289 (Japanese Naval Service)
    Transferred on loan to The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force April 2 1953

  4. YAC-14
    Reclassified as Auxiliary Stock Craft (YAC) March 31 1965 While on loan
    Decommissioned by Japan March 31 1970
    Returned to U.S. custody July 12 1971
    Fate unknown

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     (1944)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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
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Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image


 

Locy Type 2z

1944-06-24
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1944-06-24

No. 10 Official Business mail envelope. ALLENTOWN was crewed by the US Coast Guard.


 

Locy Type 2z

1944-06-29
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1944-06-29

Censored cigarette acknowledement card. ALLENTOWN was crewed by the US Coast Guard.


 

Lisbon, Portugal

1944-09-06
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1944-09-06

N/A

Incoming Censored mail for a ALLENTOWN crewmember.

 

Other Information

USS ALLENTOWN Earned 2 Battle Stars for her WWII service

NAMESAKE - A town in Pennsylvania.

 


 

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