MINDANAO ARG 3

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 April 11 1943 Launched May 13 1943 as Liberty Ship ELBERT HUBBARD Acquired by U.S. Navy May 20 1943 USS MINDANAO ARG-3 Commissioned November 6 1943 - Decommissioned May 17 1947 Struck from Naval Register 1961 Transferred to Maritime Commission 1961 Scuttled to form an artificial reef off Daytona Beach, Florida, in 85-foot deep water at 29°12.00′N 80°44.87′W / 29.2, -80.74783, 11 miles northeast of Ponce de León Inlet.

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1946)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-04-16

Censored, Sailor's mail

 

Locy Type 2z*

1945-10-31

Sailor's mail

 

Locy Type 9efu

1946-05-04

Type 2 bars added

 

Other Information

MINDANAO received the following awards during her Naval career - China Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

NAMESAKE - Named for the Island of Mindanao, second largest and southernmost island in the Philippines.

There have been three ships in the US Navy named MINDANAO -
USS Mindanao (1898), was a former Spanish unarmored gunboat captured by the US Army May 1 1898 and acquired by the US Navy January 17 1899. The cost of preparing her for sea duty was too high and she was stricken from the Navy list February 11 1905 and sold for scrap.
USS Mindanao PR-8 and USS Mindanao ARG-3.

 

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