REDSTART MSF 378

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.

Auk Class Minesweeper Keel Laid 14 June 1944 - Launched 18 October 1944 USS REDSTART AM-378 Commissioned 4 April 1945 - Decommissioned 26 November 1946 Recommissioned 1 December 1950 USS REDSTART MSF-378 Reclassified as Fleet Minesweeper, Steel Hull (MSF) 1 March 1955 Decommissioned 15 March 1957 Struck from the Naval Register 1 April 1965 ROCS WU SHENG PCE-66 Transferred to Taiwan 25 July 1963 & renamed ROCS WU SHENG PCE-866 Reclassified PCE-866 Decommissioned in Taiwanese Navy 16 February 1998 Struck from the Taiwanese Naval Register 26 February 1998 Fate unknown.

Naval Covers

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1. USS Redstart MSF-378 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type
2#
13757 Branch

Sasebo, Japan

1946-04-06

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

USS REDSTART earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ one battle star and WWII Victory Medal for her World War II service and the Korean Service Medal w/ five battle stars for her Korean War service.

NAMESAKE - A small European singing bird related to the Redbreast.

 

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