GANNET AVP 8

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.

Lapwing Class Minesweeper
Keel Laid October 1 1918 - Launched March 19 1919


1. USS GANNET Minesweeper No. 41
   Commissioned July 10 1919
   
   
2. USS GANNET AM-41
   Designated (AM) July 17 1920
   
   
3. USS GANNET AVP-8
   Reclassified Small Seaplane Tender (AVP) January 22 1936
   SUNK (Torpedoed) June 7 1942 by German U-653 northwest of Bermuda
   14 of her crew were lost and remain on duty
   
   Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown)

 

Naval Covers

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).

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1. USS Gannet AVP-8 Covers Page 1    (1928-38)

 

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

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "SAN FRANCISCO / CALIF."

1937-05-30

Memorial Day. Cachet by William Schlechter

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "COCO SOLO / CANAL ZONE"

1938-10-12

Columbus Day
Leo A. Schupp

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "KEY WEST / FLORIDA"

1940-10-27

As AVP-8. Navy Day. Cachet by AL Cohen.

 

Locy Type 5ahks

1932-10-31

Note:

 

Locy Type 5ahks "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"

1936-01-12

Note:

 

Locy Type F "COLUMBUS / DAY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-1

1932-10-12

Columbus Day
Harry Ioor

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Gannets are seabirds closely related to boobies.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name GANNET - USS Gannet AVP-8 and USS Gannet MSC-290.

One cutter of the US Coast Guard has borne the name GANNET - USCGC Gannet WPB-87334.

 

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