CHARLESTON PG 51

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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.


    Erie Class Gunboat
    Keel Laid October 27 1934 - Launched February 25 1936

  1. USS CHARLESTON PG-51
  2. Commissioned July 8 1936 - Decommissioned May 10 1946
    Transferred to Maritime Commission 1946

  3. CHARLESTON (Training Ship)
  4. Transferred to Massachusetts Maritime Academy March 25 1948
    Last cruise for Maritime Academy was 1957

    Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

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  1. USS Charleston Covers Page 1    (1936-43)
  2. USS Charleston First Day Covers Page 2    (Aug 15 1939)
  3. USS Charleston First Day Covers Page 3    (Aug 15 1939)
  4. USS Charleston First Day Covers Page 4    (Aug 15 1939)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
to
Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image

Post Office Established July 8 1936 - Disestablished April 30 1946


 

Locy Type
FDC 7ru Jul 8, 1936

1936-07-08

Commissioning.


 

Locy Type
3 (A-BBB)

"CHARLESTON /
S. C."

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. C-32c

1937-05-01

Add-on cachet by - Bruce D. Liddell


 

Locy Type
3 (A-BBB)

"CHARLESTON /
S. C."

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. C-32c

1938-06-16

President James Madison's Birthday, cachet by Louis G. Nix


 

Locy Type
3 (A-BBT)

"PORTSMOUTH /
VIRGINIA"

1940-07-05

Cachet by George V. Sadworth


 

Locy Type
3b (A-XBT)

"SEWARD /
ALASKA"

1941-02-12

Abraham Lincoln cachet by Myron F. McCamley and Robert B. Kirchgraber


 

Locy Type
3z

1943-01-25

Censored wartime (WWII) use


 

Locy Type
9v

1940-07-05

Cachet by George V. Sadworth


 

Locy Type
9x

1940-07-05

Cachet by George V. Sadworth


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. C-32

(Short Killer
Bars)

1939-08-15

First Day of Issue, Sc#856 - 25th Anniversary of the Panama Canal


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. C-32a

(Long Killer
Bars)

1939-08-15

First Day of Issue, Sc#856 - 25th Anniversary of the Panama Canal. Add-on cachet by Roger A. Wentworth


 

Locy Type
7dity

"FIRST DAY
OF ISSUE"

"CANAL ZONE"
(In dial)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. C-32b

1939-08-15

First Day of Issue, Sc#856 - 25th Anniversary of the Panama Canal. Contributed by Mark Kalisch.

 

Other Information

CHARLESTON earned 1 Battle Star for WWII
* Aleutian Defense
May 1943

NAMESAKE - Named for the city of Charleston, South Carolina

 


 

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