GREBE AT 134

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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.


    Lapwing Class Minesweeper
    Keel Laid 25 May 1918 - Launched 17 December 1918

  1. USS GREBE Minesweeper No. 43
    Commissioned 1 May 1919

  2. USS GREBE AM-43
    Designated (AM) 17 July 1920 - Decommissioned 12 May 1922
    Recommissioned 15 November 1922

  3. USS GREBE AT-134
    Reclassified Fleet Tug (AT) 1 June 1942
    LOST (Grounding in Typhoon) 6 December 1942 off Fiji
    Destroyed in typhoon 2 January 1943

    Struck from Naval Register 28 July 1943

Naval Covers

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  1. USS Grebe AM-43/ATO-134 Covers Page 1    (1934-40)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link
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Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link
To
Cover Image



2nd Commissioning November 15 1922 to January 2 1943


 

Locy Type
FDPS F

"FIRST DAY /
POSTAL SERVICE"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. G-26

1934-07-02

AM-43. First Day Postal Service


 

Locy Type
3 (A-TTB)

"FIRST DAY /
NEW CANCEL"

1936-06-14

AM-43. Cachet by William F. Schlechter


 

Locy Type
3s(BC-BTT)

"GUANTANAMO / "

1934-09-29

AM-43. Eagle cachet


 

Locy Type F

"158TH BIRTHDAY /
GOOD OLD U .S. A."

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. G-26

1934-07-04

AM-43. Independence Day, firecracker edged envelope.


 

Locy Type P

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. G-26a
(from 9v)

1935-03-11

AM-43


 

Locy Type P

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. G-26a
("T" removed, "43" added)

1935-04-02

AM-43


 

Locy Type
SLPts (28x3)

1935-02-12

AM-43. Straightline marking


 

Locy Type
SLPb (61x6)

1935-05-25

AM-43. Straightline marking


 

Locy Type
SL3b
(71x20)

1931-04-27

AM-43. Additional duplex postmark from Charleston SC




 

Locy Type
3 (A-TTB)

"SAN PEDRO /
CALIFORNIA"

1938-05-01

As AM-43. 19th Birthday cachet by Fred Horton


 

Locy Type
3 (A-TTB)

"PEARL HARBOR /
T.H."

1940-09-27

As AM-43


 

Locy Type
3s (BC-BTT)

"SAN PEDRO /
CALIF."

1935-02-12

AM-43. From back of cover


 

Locy Type
3s (BC-BTT)

"SAN PEDRO /
CALIF."

1935-02-22

AM-43. This postmark is on the back of the Feb 22 1935 cover


 

Locy Type
3s (BC-BTT)

"MOTHERS /
DAY"

1935-05-12

AM-43. Mothers Day 1935


 

Locy Type
3s (BC-BTT)

"COLUMBUS /
DAY"

1935-10-12

As AM-43
Columbus Day 1935. Rubberstamp cachet


 

Locy Type F

"WITH MALICE /
TOWARD NONE"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. G-26

1935-02-12

AM-43. Multiple strike cover showing 3 types


 

Locy Type F

"FIRST IN WAR /
FIRST IN PEACE"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. G-26

1935-02-22

AM-43. Cachet by Byrd L. Powell


 

Other Information

Earned 1 Battle Star
*Pearl Harbor December 7 1941 at The Pearl Harbor Navy Yard

NAMESAKE - Named for a swimming bird closely related to the loon but with lobate rather than webbed toes

 


 

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