SICILY AKV 18
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.
Ordered as SANDY BAY Renamed 5 June 1944 Keel Laid 23 October 1944 - Launched 14 April 1945 |
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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.
- USS Sicily CVE-118 Covers Page 1 (1946-1953)
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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Locy Type |
1946-02-27 |
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First Day in Commission
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Locy Type 2(n) |
1947-04-14 |
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Add-on cachet of FADM Chester Nimitz by Roger A. Wentworth
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Locy Type 2r |
1953-11-13 |
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Locy Type |
1946-03-17 |
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On the back of a Jacques Minkus patriotic cover. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.
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Locy Type |
1953-11-13 |
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Other Information
USS SICILY earned the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal (w/ 6 Campaign stars), the United Nations Korean Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - Named in honor of the 1943 Battle of Sicily.
The ships sponsor was Mrs. Julius Vanderwiele.
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