MAUI ARG 8

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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.

    Luzon Class Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship
    Keel Laid January 20 1944 - Launched February 18 1944
    Acquired by U.S. Navy February 1944

  1. USS LEYTE ARG-8
    Commissioned August 17 1944

  2. USS MAUI ARG-8
    Renamed May 31 1945
    Decommissioned August 30 1946
    Transferred to Maritime Administration (MARAD) June 1961

    Struck from Naval Register September 1962
    Reacquired by U.S. Navy briefly February-April 1967

    Struck from Naval Register and returned to MARAD April 1967
    Sold 1972 for scrap

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 name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

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. Leyte Covers Page 1     (1944)
  2. Maui Covers Page 1     (1946)

 

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.

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


 

Locy Type
FDPS 9efu

1944-08-17

As LEYTE
First Day of Postal Service/Commissioning


 

Locy Type
FDPS 9efu

1944-08-17

As LEYTE
First Day of Postal Service/Commissioning


 

Locy Type
2z

1944-10-19

As LEYTE
Censored wartime (WWII) use



 

Locy Type
2z

1945-06-20

As MAUI
Censored sailor's mail


 

Locy Type
2#

(Br. #16061)

1946-02-27

As MAUI


 

Other Information

LEYTE / MAUI received the following awards during her Naval career - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal

NAMESAKES -
LEYTE - An island in the southeastern Philippine Islands.
MAUI - An island in the Hawaiian Island chain.

 


 

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