COR CAROLI AK 91

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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.

    Crater Class Cargo Ship
    Keel Laid (Date unknown) as Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull
    Launched March 19 1943 as SS BETSY ROSS
    Acquired by U.S. Navy March 31 1943

  1. USS COR CAROLI AK-91
    Commissioned April 16 1943 - Decommissioned November 30 1945

    Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown)
    Returned to Maritime Commission December 2 1945, original name restored, and entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet

  2. SS BETSY ROSS (Reserve Fleet)

    Reefed off South Carolina in 1978

 

Naval Covers

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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. USS Cor Caroli Covers Page 1     (1943-44)

 


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
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
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Date To
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Postmark Image
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Locy Type Fz

USCS Catalog
Illustration
C-73

1944-09-16
to
1944-09-16

Censored Sailor's mail

 

Other Information

Earned 1 Battle Star (WWII)
* Marianas operation, Capture and occupation of Guam, July - August 1944

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
World War II Victory Medal
Philippines Liberation Medal

NAMESAKE - The brightest star in the constellation Caroli

 


 

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.

 


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