AVOCET AVP 4

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.

Lapwing Class Minesweeper
Keel Laid September 13 1917 - Launched March 9 1918


1. USS AVOCET Minesweeper No. 19
   Commissioned September 17 1918
   
   
2. USS AVOCET AM-19
   Designated (AM) July 17 1920 - Decommissioned April 3 1922
   Recommissioned September 8 1925
   
   
3. USS AVOCET AVP-4
   Reclassified Small Seaplane Tender (AVP) March 1938
   Decommissioned December 10 1945
   
   Scrapped 1950

 

Naval Covers

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1. Avocet Covers Page 1    (1928-43)

 

Postmarks

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

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2nd Commissioning September 8 1925 to December 10 1945

 

Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "PORTLAND / ORE"

1934-08-28

As AM-19
Port Visit - Portland OR, cachet by Myron F. McCamley

 

Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "AT / SEA"

1937-05-12

As AM-19
R/S cachet for the Eclipse Expedition. The Eclipse Expedition was a joint project between the US Navy and the National Geographic Society held on June 8 1937 at the Pheonix Group of the Canton Islands to view and study the total eclipse of the sun that was to take place that day.

 

Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "PEARL / HARBOR"

1937-09-08

As AM-19
Cachet by Ted Harrington.

 

Locy Type 3r (AC-TBB) "PEARL / HARBOR TH"

1938-09-05

As AVP-4

 

Locy Type 3r (AC-TBB) "SAN DIEGO / CAL"

1941-04-21

As AVP-4
Port Visit - San Diego, CA, cover sponsored by Paul J. Gross

 

Locy Type 3r (AC-TBB)

1937-10-26

Notes:

 

Locy Type 3s "MANILA / P. I."

1932-05-24

As AM-19

 

Locy Type 3z (BTT)

1943-12-14

As AVP-4
Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 9v

1930-05-10

As AM-19
Registered mark on piece

 

Other Information

Earned 1 Battlke Star (WWII)
* Pearl Harbor December 7 1941

NAMESAKE - Named for the long-legged, web-footed shore bird posessing a slender, up-curved bill, found in western and southern states.

 

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