BEACON PG 99

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.

Asheville Class Motor Gunboat Keel Laid 15 July 1968 - Launched 17 May 1969 USS BEACON PG-99 Commissioned 22 November 1969 - Decommissioned 22 April 1977 Struck from the Navy Register in June 1990 HN ORMI P-230 (Greek Naval Service) Transferred to Greece 22 November 1989 Commissioned 18 June 1991 - Served through 1995 Fate unknown.

Naval Covers

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1. USS Beacon PG-99 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. 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.

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

 

USPS Slogan Machine Cancel "POW / MIA" Portsmouth VA

1972-07-18

N/A

Collectors request by Thad W. Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS,"FF") USS Donald B. Beary FF-1085

1977-04-22

N/A

Decommissioning, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A town in Dutchess County, N.Y., located on the eastern bank of the Hudson River, that drew its name from Mount Beacon, a nearby promontory from which American observers signaled reports of British ship movements during the War for Independence.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name BEACON - USS Beacon PG-88 and USS Beacon PG-99.

 

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