RAVEN MSF 55

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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.

    Raven Class Minesweeper
    Keel Laid June 28 1939 - Launched August 24 1940
     
  1. USS RAVEN AM-55
    Commissioned November 11 1940 - Decommissioned May 31 1946
    Reclassified Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hulled) (MSF) February 7 1955, While in reserve

    Struck from Naval Register May 1 1967
    Sunk 1967 as a target off southern California

 

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 incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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    (1940-42)

 

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
to
Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image


 

Locy Type
3br (AC-XBX)

"PORTSMOUTH /
VIRGINIA"

1939-06-28

Keel Laying of USS Raven AM-55, cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick


 

Locy Type
3 (A-BBT)

"PORTSMOUTH /
VA"

USS Saint Louis
CL 49

1939-06-28

No Image

Keel Laying of USS Raven AM-55


 

Locy Type
3 (BC-TBT)

"LAUNCHINGS /
NORFOLK N.Y."

USS
Jacob Jones
DD-130

1940-08-24

Launching of RAVEN and OSPREY, cachet by Loring W. Stannard and Tazewell G. Nicholson


 

Locy Type
3 (BC-TBT)

"LAUNCHINGS /
NORFOLK N.Y."

USS
Jacob Jones
DD-130

1940-08-24

No Image

Launching of RAVEN, cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick



 

Locy Type
FDPS 3r

"FIRST DAY /
MAIL SERVICE"

1941-02-24

First Day of Postal Service, Unidentified cachetmaker


 

Locy Type
FDPS 3r

"FIRST DAY /
MAIL SERVICE"

1941-02-24

Close-up view of the cachet from the FDPS cover dated Feb 24 1941


 

Locy Type
3z (BBT)

1942-10-21

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Other Information

RAVEN earned three battle stars for her World War II service.

 


 

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