PCE 884

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.

PCE-881 Class Patrol Craft Escort Keel Laid 27 October 1944 - Launched 24 February 1944 USS PCE-884 Commissioned 30 March 1945 - Decommissioned 21 May 1948 Struck from Naval Register 18 June 1948 RPS NEGROS OCCIDENTAL E-29 (Philippine Naval Service) Transferred to the Philippines July 1948 and renamed & Commissioned RPS NEGROS OCCIDENTAL PS-29 Renamed in the mid-1960s using a new ship classification and naming system BRP NEGROS OCCIDENTAL PS-29 Philippine Navy ships changed their prefixes June 1980 Decommissioned 9 December 2010 Fate 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 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).

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1. USS PCE-884 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

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

 

Locy Type 2# (Br. #15722)

1946-11-21

Proof strike on an index card.

 

Locy Type SL

1947-03-31

Patriotic cachet by Peters. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Other Information

 

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