BEAVER ARG 19

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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.

    Beaver Class Submarine Tender
    Keel Laid (Date unknown) as passenger-steamer for the Union Pacific Railroad
    Launched November 27 1909
    Delivered to Union Pacific Railroad November 13 1910
    Acquired by U.S. Navy July 1 1917 as NOTS #2302
    Converted to Submarine Tender (Date unknown)

  1. USS BEAVER Submarine Tender No. 5
    Commissioned October 1 1918

  2. USS BEAVER AS-5
    Designated (AS) July 17 1920

  3. USS BEAVER ARG-19
    Reclassified Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship (ARG) June 25 1945
    Decommissioned July 17 1946

    Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown)
    Transferred August 5 1946 to War Shipping Administration for disposal

    Sold August 28 1950 to Boston Metals Corp. Baltimore, MD for scrap
Beaver 1 Crest.jpg

Naval Covers

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  1. USS Beaver AS-5/ARG-19 Covers Page 1     (1921-1944)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type / Killer Bar Text

Date From
to
Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Close-Up Image
Thumbnail Link To
Full Cover Image


 

Locy Type
3 (AC)

1923-09-25

JonBurdett beaver as5 19230925 pm.jpg
JonBurdett beaver as5 19230925.jpg

As AS-5


 

Locy Type
3 (B)

"TSINGTAO /
CHINA"

1926-10-16

JonBurdett beaver as5 19261016 pm.jpg
JonBurdett beaver as5 19261016.jpg

As AS-5


 

Locy Type
3 (B)

"TSINGTAO /
CHINA"

1929-08-06

GregCiesielski Beaver AS5 19290806 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Beaver AS5 19290806 1 Front.jpg

As AS-5
Official Business envelope from USS S-31


 

Locy Type
3b

1929-10-24

JonBurdett beaver as5 19291024 pm.jpg
JonBurdett beaver as5 19291024.JPG

As AS-5


 

Locy Type
3r (AC-BTT)

"PEARL /
HARBOR"

1937-12-16

GregCiesielski Beaver AS5 19371216 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Beaver AS5 19371216 1 Front.jpg

As AS-5
Official Business


 

Locy Type
3s

"TSINGTAO /
CHINA"

1931-07-11

GregCiesielski Beaver AS5 19310711 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Beaver AS5 19310711 1 Front.jpg

As AS-5
Official Business.


 

Locy Type
3s

"TSINGTAO /
CHINA"

1931-09-19

JonBurdett beaver as5 19310919 pm.jpg
JonBurdett beaver as5 19310919.jpg

As AS-5
Return to USS S-34


 

Locy Type
3s (B-TBT)

"PEARL /
HARBOR T.H."

1935-03-08

GregCiesielski Beaver AS5 19350308 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Beaver AS5 19350308 1 Front.jpg

As AS-5
Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell


 

Locy Type
3s (B-TBT)

"IN HIS /
MEMORY"

1936-02-12

GregCiesielski Beaver AS5 19360212 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Beaver AS5 19360212 1 Front.jpg

As AS-5
Lincoln's Birthday, cachet by James Chun ANCS #76 and Elsie Lee ANCS #219


 

Locy Type
3z (BTT)

1941-10-05

JonBurdett beaver as5 19411005 pm.jpg
JonBurdett beaver as5 19411005.jpg

As AS-5
Cachet by M. Fay Muridge


 

Locy Type
3z (BBT)

1944-01-30

JonBurdett beaver as5 19440130 pm.jpg
JonBurdett beaver as5 19440130.jpg

As AS-5
Censored wartime (WWII) use


 

Locy Type
5hks

"SUB DETACH /
P.H.H.T."

1932-11-30

JonBurdett beaver as5 19321130 pm.jpg
JonBurdett beaver as5 19321130.jpg

As AS-5


 

Locy Type
5hks

"SAN DIEGO /
CALIF."

1933-03-01

GregCiesielski Beaver AS5 19330301 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski S44 SS155 19330301 1 Front.jpg

As AS-5
Sailor Mail from USS S-44 SS 155


 

Locy Type
6ep (3)

1941-02-26

GregCiesielski Beaver AS5 19410226 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Beaver AS5 19410226 1 Front.jpg

As AS-5
Cachet by Paul J. Gross


 

Locy Type
9v (C)

1929-08-05

GregCiesielski Beaver AS5 19290805 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski Beaver AS5 19290805 1 Back.jpg

As AS-5. Postmark from the back of the cover.


 

Locy Type
9v

1941-09-03
TO
1941-09-04

JonBurdett beaver as5 19410903 pm.jpg
JonBurdett beaver as5 19410903.jpg

As AS-5
Mark from back of cover


 

Locy Type
9efw

1941-06-12
to
1941-07-10

JonBurdett beaver as5 19410710 pm9w.jpg
JonBurdett beaver as5 19410710.JPG

As AS-5

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Yangtze Service Medal - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

NAMESAKE - A large aquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having thick brown fur, webbed hind feet, a broad flat tail, and sharp incisors adapted for gnawing bark, felling trees, and constructing dams and underwater lodges

 


 

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