BAIROKO CVE 115
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.
Ordered as PORTAGE BAY Renamed BAIROKO June 5 1944 Keel Laid July 25 1944 - Launched January 25 1945 |
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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.
- Covers Page (1945-51)
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.
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1st Commissioning July 16 1945 to April 14 1950
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Locy Type |
1945-10-27 |
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Locy Type |
1947-03-31 |
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Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell
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Locy Type |
1947-10-27 |
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Navy Day
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Locy Type |
1945-10-26 |
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Sailor's Mail
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Locy Type |
1947-05-17 |
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Note:
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Locy Type |
1950-01-06 |
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LDPS, Placed in Mothballs, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson
2nd Commissioning September 12 1950 to February 18 1955
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Locy Type |
1951-08-01 |
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Note:
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Locy Type |
1953-07-27 |
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Korean War Ends
Other Information
BAIROKO earned 3 Battle Stars (Korea)
NAMESAKE - A small harbor on the north coast of New Georgia in the Solomon Islands. In 1942 and 1943, the Japanese used this harbor as the port of supply for Munda airfield itself important for the battles in and around Guadalcanal. American forces captured Bairoko on August 25 1943, and its seizure marked an important milestone in the southwestern Pacific counter-offensive
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