MERRICK LKA 97
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.
Keel Laid October 19 1944 as Maritime Commission type (C2-S-B1) hull Launched January 28 1945 |
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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.
- Merrick Covers Page 1 (1945-69)
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.
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Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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1st Commissioning March 31 1945 to June 25 1946
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Locy Type |
1947-01-11 |
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As AKA-97
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Locy Type |
1945-12-06
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As AKA-97
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Locy Type |
1945-12-06
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As AKA-97
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Locy Type P |
1945-10-27 |
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As AKA-97
2nd Commissioning January 19 1952 to September 17 1969
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Locy Type |
1952-02-18 |
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As AKA-97
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Locy Type |
1953-10-17 |
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As AKA-97
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Locy Type |
1968-05-26 |
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As AKA-97
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Locy Type |
1969-05-01 |
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As LKA-97
Posted after POD (1969-04-10)
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Locy Type |
1969-05-01 |
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As LKA-97
Posted after POD (1969-04-10)
Other Information
MERRICK earned 7 Battle Stars for Vietnam service
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (February 28 to March 11 1967) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal - Antarctic Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Cuba, 2-Vietnam)- Vietnam Service Medal (6) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (10) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
NAMESAKE - A county in Nebraska
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