TANAGER AM 5

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.

USS TANAGER Minesweeper No. 5
Commissioned 28 June 1918
USS TANAGER AM-5
Designated (AM) 17 July 1920
SUNK (Japanese shore batteries) 4 May 1942 at Bataan off Corregidor

Struck from Naval Register 8 May 1942

Naval Covers

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USS Tanager AM-5 Covers Page 1 (1931-38)

Postmarks

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

Locy Type
3 (B-BTT)

"GREAT SITKIN /
ALEUTIAN IS."

1934-08-23

Note:

Locy Type
3 (AC-BBT)

"PEARL HARBOR /
OAHU T.H."

1936-06-28

18th Anniversary, Cachet by Ted Harrington

Locy Type 9

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. T-8a

1935-06-06

Aleutian Island Survey of 1935, courtesy of the Dick Weber collection. Unique linoleum block type of cachet.

Locy Type
9 with added bars

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. T-8a

1931-04-23

"Type 9's are seen with killer bars to which they are not attached." USCS Postmark Catalog, 5th Edition, 1997.

Non-Postal Marking

1935-05-03

Aleutian Island Survey of 1935, cachet by Leo A. Schupp, RCD #58.

Other Information

USS TANAGER earned the World War I Victory Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 Battle Star, and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Numerous American, passerine birds.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. G. H. Bates.

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