ACME MSO 508

From NavalCoverMuseum
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.


    Acme Class Minesweeper
    Keel Laid November 16 1954 as Minesweeper AM-508
    Redesignated Ocean Minesweeper (MSO) February 7 1955
    Launched June 23 1955

  1. USS ACME MSO-508
    Commissioned March 4 1957 - Decommissioned November 6 1970
    Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet

    Struck from Naval Register May 15 1976
    Sold January 6 1977 to Oskco Edwards of Capistrano Beach, CA for scrap

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. Covers Page 1    (1963)

 

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


 

USPO
Machine Postmark

Long Beach, CA

1970-09-11

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

ACME earned 2 Campaign Stars for Vietnam service

NAMESAKE - Means "The Best"

 


 

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