BLOCK ISLAND CVE 106: Difference between revisions

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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.

USS BLOCK ISLAND CVE-106
Commissioned December 30 1944
BLOCK ISLAND CVE-106
Placed In Service in reserve May 28 1946
USS BLOCK ISLAND CVE-106
Recommissioned April 28 1951 - Decommissioned August 27 1954
Reclassified Amphibious Assault Ship (Helicopter) LPH-1 December 22 1957, While in reserve
Conversion canceled June 1958
Reverted to Escort Carrier (CVE) February 17 1959
Reclassified Cargo Ship and Aircraft Ferry AKV-38 May 7 1959, While in reserve

Struck from Naval Register July 1 1959 and scrapped

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.

Covers Page 1 (1945)

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

1st Commissioning December 30 1944 to May 28 1946

Locy Type
2(n)

1946-03-09

Note:

Locy Type
2z

1945-08-03

Censored wartime (WWII) use

2nd Commissioning April 28 1951 to August 27 1954

Locy Type
LDPS 2

1954-06-15

Last Day Postal Service

Locy Type
LDPS 9efu

1954-06-15

Last Day Postal Service

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named in Honor of USS BLOCK ISLAND CVE-21 Sunk by German U-549 off Canary Islands May 29 1944

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