ANTIETAM CVS 36

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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.

    Essex (Long Hull) Class Carrier AKA Ticonderoga
    Keel Laid March 15 1943 - Launched August 20 1944

  1. USS ANTIETAM CV-36
    Commissioned January 28 1945 - Decommissioned June 21 1949
    Recommissioned January 17 1951

  2. USS ANTIETAM CVA-36
    Redesignated Attack Aircraft Carrier (CVA) October 1952

  3. USS ANTIETAM CVS-36
    Redesignated Anti-Submarine Warfare Carrier (CVS) August 1953
    Placed In Commission In Reserve January 7 1963
    Decommissioned May 8 1963

    Struck from Naval Register May 1973
    Sold February 28 1974 to The Union Minerals & Alloys Corp. for scrap

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. Antietam Covers Page 1    (1945-63)

 

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




 

USPO
Duplex Postmark

Philadelphia, PA
Navy Yard Station

1945-01-28

Commissioning.


Post Office Established January 25 1945 - Disestablished March 10 1949


 

Locy Type
2(n)

1946-03-26

As CV-36


 

Locy Type
2z (A)

1945-08-23

As CV-36
Censored wartime (WWII) use


 

Locy Type
2z (B)

1945-07-18

As CV-36
Censored wartime (WWII) use


 

Locy Type
9ef(nu)

1948-10-18
to
1948-10-21

As CV-36
Mark from back of cover


 

Locy Type
9#

(Br. #15472)

1945-07-06
to
1945-07-12

As CV-36
Mark from back of cover


Post Office Reestablished February 7 1951 - Disestablished January 5 1963


 

Locy Type
2 1951

1951-02-26

As CV-36
USCS Postmark Catalog states "The four type 2 cancels are nearly identical"
However differences can be seen...First "T" slightly higher than "N", second "T" slightly higher than "E"


 

Locy Type
2 1953

1952-12-04

As CVA-36
First "T" even with "N", second "T" even with "E", appears connected


 

Locy Type
2 1954

1955-03-23

As CVS-36
Second "T" higher than "E", letters seem closer together


 

Locy Type
2 1955

1957-02-26

As CVS-36


 

Locy Type
2t(n+u)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. A-80a

1961-07-15

As CVS-36


 

Locy Type
9efu

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. A-80b

1955-10-05

As CVS-36


 

Locy Type
9efu

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. A-80d

1953-11-12

As CVS-36


 

Locy Type
9fu

1961-07-15

As CVS-36


 

Locy Type
LDPS 2t(nu) Jan 5, 1963

1963-01-05

As CVS-36
Last Day Postal Service

 

Other Information

ANTIETAM earned 2 Battle Stars for Korea service

NAMESAKE - A creek of north-central Maryland emptying into the Potomac River. The bloody and inconclusive Civil War Battle of Antietam (or Sharpsburg, as it is often called in the South) was fought along its banks on September 17 1862

 


 

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