PRINCE WILLIAM CVE 31

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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.

    (Repeat) Bogue (Prince William) Class Escort Carrier
    Keel Laid May 18 1942 as Aircraft Escort Vessel (AVG)
    Reclassified August 20 1942 as Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier (ACV)
    Launched August 23 1942
    Reclassified July 15 1943 as Escort Carrier (CVE)

  1. USS PRINCE WILLIAM CVE-31
    Commissioned April 9 1943 - Decommissioned August 29 1946
    Reclassified Helicopter Escort Carrier (CVHE) June 12 1955, While in reserve

    Struck from Naval Register March 1 1959
    Sold March 24 1961 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. Covers Page 1     (1943)

 

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

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


 

Locy Type
2z

1943-09-30

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations, and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - A sound, or inlet, on the Gulf of Alaska

 


 

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 


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