TACONIC LCC 17

From NavalCoverMuseum
Revision as of 16:43, 22 September 2016 by JonBurdett (talk | contribs) (added 2 marks)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

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.

    Adirondack Class Amphibious Force Command Ship
    Keel Laid December 19 1944 as MC type (C2-S-AJ1) hull
    Launched February 10 1945
    Acquired by U.S. Navy March 6 1945

  1. USS TACONIC AGC-17
    Commissioned January 16 1945

  2. USS TACONIC LCC-17
    Redesignated Amphibious Command Ship (LCC) January 1 1969
    Decommissioned December 17 1969

    Struck from Naval Register December 1 1976
    Sold March 1 1982


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.

  1. Taconic Covers Page 1    (1946-69)

 

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


 

Locy Type
2(n)

1946-06-25

As AGC-17
Cachet by George V. Sadworth


 

Locy Type
2(n)

1946-10-27

As AGC-17
Navy Day


 

Locy Type
2(n)

1946-12-25

As AGC-17
Christmas Day, cachet by Donald R. Graf


 

Locy Type
2(n)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. T-2

1965-09-17

As AGC-17
Amphibious Force Cachet


 

N/A

1965-09-17

As AGC-17
Close-up view of the Amphibious Force Cachet


 

Locy Type
2r

1952-11-17

As AGC-17


 

Locy Type
2t(n+u) (LCC,USS)

1968-11-16

As AGC-17
Using LCC Device, redesignation effective January 1 1969


 

Locy Type
9eft(n+u) (USS)

1968-11-16

As AGC-17
Using LCC Device, redesignation effective January 1 1969


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. T-2d

1946-10-27

As AGC-17
Navy Day. This postmark is also used as the cachet.


 

Locy Type
SLKb (38x4)(USS)

1946-06-25

As AGC-17
Cachet by George V. Sadworth


 

Locy Type
LDPS 2t(n+u)

1969-10-02

As LCC-17
Last Day Postal Service

 

Other Information

TACONIC received the following awards during her Naval career - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2).

NAMESAKE - A ridge in the northern part of the Appalachian Mountains extending along the Massachusetts-New York boundary and into Vermont.

 


 

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.

 


Copyright 2024 Naval Cover Museum