MUSKINGUM T-AK 198

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.

Alamosa Class Cargo Ship Keel Laid January 28 1944 - Launched June 30 1944 USS MUSKINGUM AK-198 Commissioned April 24 1945 - Decommissioned March 7 1946 Returned to the Maritime Commission for transfer to the US Army Struck from the Naval Register June 5 1946 USAT V-108 Designated and operated by a Japanese crew under the control of the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces, Japan Transferred to the US Navy July 1 1950 USNS MUSKINGUM T-AK-198 Assigned to the MSTS and placed in service July 1 1950 Placed out of service (date unknown) Struck from the Naval Register June 15 1973 Transferred to the Department of the Interior, Trust Territory Pacific April 1 1982 Fate unknown

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).

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1. Covers Page 1     (c 1945)

 

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

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1st Commissioning April 24 1945 to March 7 1946

 

Locy Type 2z

c 1945

N/A

Cachet by Day Lowry

 

Other Information

USS/USNS MUSKINGUM earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp), the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal (w/ 1 Campaign star), the Philippines Liberation Medal and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A county in Ohio.

 

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