CAPE GLOUCESTER CVE 109

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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.

    Commencement Bay Class Escort Carrier
    Keel Laid January 10 1944 as WILLAPA BAY
    Renamed April 26 1944
    Launched September 12 1944

  1. USS CAPE GLOUCESTER CVE-109
    Commissioned March 5 1945 - Decommissioned November 5 1946
    Reclassified Escort Helicopter Carrier (CVHE) June 12 1955, While in reserve
    Reclassified Cargo Ship and Aircraft Ferry (AKV) May 7 1959, While in reserve

    Struck from Naval Register April 1 1971
    Sold (Date unknown) for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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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    (1945-46)

 

Postmarks

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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 DATE FROM
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DATE TO
THUMBNAIL LINK TO
CLOSE-UP IMAGE
THUMBNAIL LINK TO
FULL COVER IMAGE


 

Locy Type
2(n)

1946-03-13

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Locy Type
2z

1945-11-02

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Other Information

Earned 1 Battle Star (WWII)
* Okinawa operation July 1945

NAMESAKE - Named for The Battle of Cape Gloucester in the Pacific theater of World War II, which took place between late December 1943 and April 22, 1944, on the island of New Britain, part of the Territory of New Guinea. The battle was a major part of Operation Cartwheel, the main Allied strategy in the South West Pacific Area and Pacific Ocean Areas during 1943-44


 


 

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