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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 EDGECOMBE APA 164
Commissioned October 30 1944 - Decommissioned January 31 1947

Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet
Returned to Maritime Commission October 1 1958
Struck from Naval Register October 1 1958
Fate unknown

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 name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). 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 (1945-46)

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. 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

Post Office Established October 2 1944 - Disestablished April 27 1946

Locy Type
2z

1945-07-26

Censored Sailor's mail

Locy Type
2z

1945-08-29

Censored wartime (WWII) use

Locy Type
LDPS 2z Aug 25, 1946

1946-08-25

Last Day Postal Service

Locy Type
LDPS 9efu

1946-08-25

Last Day Postal Service. The cancel was applied to the back of the cover.

Other Information

EDGECOMBE received one battle star for her World War II service
* Okinawa Gunto operations
Assault an occupation of Okinawa Gunto, April 1-6 1945

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

NAMESAKE - A county in North Carolina.

Two ships of the US Navy have been named EDGECOMBE - USS Edgecombe ID 3894 and USS Edgecombe APA 164.

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

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 <p>&nbsp;</p>
 <h3>Other Information</h3>
-USS EDGECOMBE received one battle star for her World War II service<br/><br/>
+EDGECOMBE received one battle star for her World War II service<br/>*
+'''Okinawa Gunto operations'''<br/>
+Assault an occupation of Okinawa Gunto, April 1-6 1945<br/><br/>
+Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)<br/><br/>
 '''NAMESAKE''' - A county in North Carolina.<br/><br/>
 Two ships of the US Navy have been named EDGECOMBE - USS Edgecombe ID 3894 and USS Edgecombe APA 164.