CORPUS CHRISTI BAY T-ARVH 1

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.

Curtiss Class Seaplane Tender Keel Laid 12 June 1939 - Launched 13 July 1940 USS ALBEMARLE AV-5 Commissioned 20 December 1940 - Decommissioned 14 August 1950 Recommissioned 2 October 1957 - Decommissioned 21 October 1960 Struck from Naval Register 1 September 1962 Reinstated on Naval Register 27 March 1965 USNS CORPUS CHRISTI BAY T-ARVH-1 Transferred to Military Sealift Command (MSC) as Aircraft Repair Ship, Helicopter (ARVH) Placed In Service January 1966 - Placed Out of Service 1973 Struck from Naval Register 31 December 1974 Sold 17 July 1975 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Albemarle AV-5 Covers Page 1    (1939-1957)
2. USNS Corpus Christi Bay T-ARVH-1 Covers Page 1     (Date)

 

Postmarks

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

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Post Office Established 19 December 1940 - Post Office Disestablished 19 May 1950

 

Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "PHILADELPHIA / PENN"

1940-12-20

Commissioning, Cachet by -

 

Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) (bars blank)

1940-12-20

First Day in Commission, Cachet by -

 

Locy Type FDC 9v (C+)

1940-12-20

Commissioning, Cachet by -. Postmark catalog does not list this as a 9v (C+) but obviously it is.

 

Locy Type 2

1950-03-10

Note:

 

Locy Type 2tnu

1947-12-25

Christmas

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)

1941-02-01

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 3z (BTT)

1941-09-02

Note:

 

Locy Type 3z (BTT)

1945-05-15

Note:

 

Locy Type 9efu USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-59

1947-10-27

Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type 9v (C+)

1942-03-04

Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type 9fw

1947-04-11

Note:

 

Locy Type 9x (C+)

1941-01-29

Note:

 

Locy Type 9xz

1945-05-15

Note:

 

Locy Type 9uz

1945-05-15

Note:

 

Locy Type LDPS 2tnu

1950-05-19

Postmarked on a 1933 Akron/Macon Memorial cover.

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Post Office Reestablished 21 October 1957 - Disestablished 2 August 1960

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u)

1957-12-26

Note: USCS Postmark Catalog lists Type 2t(nu) - clearly there is a hyphen in the designation (n+u)

 

Locy Type 9fu

1957-12-26

Note:

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USNS CORPUS CHRISTI BAY T-ARVH-1

No Postal Facilities

 

Air Force Postal System Machine Cancel

1972-01-19

N/A

Corner card from the Master.

 

Other Information

USS ALBEMARLE earned the American Defense Service Medal w/ Fleet clasp, the American Campaign Medal, the Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the National Defense Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named for a town and a Sound in North Carolina and a county in Virginia. All three were named for General George Monck, the first Duke of Albemarle and one of the original Carolina proprietors.

Three ships of the US Navy have borne the name ALBEMARLE - USS Albemarle (1863 Schooner), USS Albemarle (1865 Ironclad) and USS Albemarle AV-5.

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USNS CORPUS CHRISTI BAY earned the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named after the bay of Corpus Christi, TX

Three ships of the US Navy have been named for the city of Corpus Christi, TX or related areas - USS Corpus Christi PF-44, USNS Corpus Christi Bay T-ARVH-1 and USS City of Corpus Christi SSN-705.

 

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