SWERVE AM 121

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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.

    Auk Class Minesweeper
    Keel Laid 27 May 1942 - Launched 25 February 1943

  1. USS SWERVE AM-121
    Commissioned 23 January 1944
    SUNK (mine) 9 July 1944 off Anzio Beach, Italy

    Struck from Naval Register 22 August 1944

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. USS Swerve AM-121 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
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Killer Bar Text

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


 

Locy Type 2z

1944-04-16

Official Business. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.




 

Locy Type 2z*

1944-04-18

Official Business. Posted from another ship or station. This ship did not carry this device.

 

Other Information

USS SWERVE earned the European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal w/ 1 battle star during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - To turn aside or be turned aside from a straight course.

The ships sponsor was Miss E. C. Draemel.

 


 

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