KITTY HAWK AKV 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.

Kitty Hawk Class Aviation Transport Keel Laid 21 February 1932 as "SS SEATRAIN NEW YORK" Launched 19 September 1932 Acquired by US Navy 25 June 1941 Renamed 8 July 1941 USS KITTY HAWK APV-1 Commissioned Transport and Aircraft Ferry (APV) 26 November 1941 USS KITTY HAWK AKV-1 Redesignated Aircraft Transport (AKV) 15 September 1943 Decommissioned 24 January 1946 Struck from Naval Register 24 January 1946 Returned to Seatrain Lines Inc., 10 May 1946, name reverted to "SS SEATRAIN NEW YORK" Sold for scrapping 13 March 1973

Naval Covers

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1. USS Kitty Hawk AKV-1 Covers Page 1    (1942-1945)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type FDPS 3(A-BBT)

1942-01-12

APV-1. First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by Walter Czubay

 

Locy Type 3(A-BBT)

1945-12-17

AKV-1

 

Locy Type 3z (BTT)

1943-08-16

APV-1

 

Locy Type 9v

1943-01-12

APV-1. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

Locy Type 9efw

1943-01-12

APV-1

 

Locy Type 9x

1943-01-12

APV-1. Add-on cachet by Richard F. Hoffner

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First Day of Commission Ships Marking

 

Ships Marking

1941-11-26

APV-1. From the Wolfgang Hechler collection.

 

Other Information

USS KITTY HAWK earned the American Defense Service Medal with Fleet clasp, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named for Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, a small village where the Wright brothers made the world's first airplane flight December 17 1903.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name KITTY HAWK - USS Kitty Hawk AKV-1 and USS Kitty Hawk CV-63.

 

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