CANISTEO AO 99

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.

Cimmeron Class Fleet Oiler / Jumboized Keel Laid 11 November 1945 - Launched 6 July 1945 USS CANISTEO AO-99 Commissioned 3 December 1945 - Decommissioned 2 October 1989 Struck from Naval Register 31 August 1992 Sold October 2003 for scrap

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 incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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 Canisteo AO-99 Covers Page 1     (1948-89)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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 --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type FDC 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-108

1945-12-03

Commissioning. The date of the cancel is actually the first day of commission rather than the first day of postal service as the cachet states.

 

Locy Type 2(n) USPS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-108

1949-06-01

Note:

 

Locy Type 2

1956-12-06

Note:

 

Locy Type 2(n) USPS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-108a

1962-06-13

Note:

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USPS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-108b

1975-12-03

30th Anniversary, cachet by Richard F. Hoffner, sponsored by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USPS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-108b

1978-04-05

Welcome to Norfolk - RFA OLNA, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)

1980-06-03

Note:

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D1,USS)

1987-01-07

Note:

 

Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS)

1975-10-13

Note:

 

Locy Type 9-1e(n+u) (USS)

1980-06-03

Note:

 

Locy Type LDPS 2-1(n+)

1989-08-01

Last Day Postal Service

 

Other Information

USS CANISTEO earned the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Europe clasp), the National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), the Antarctic Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2 awards) and the Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon(2 awards) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A river in New York State.

 

---

 

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 

---

Copyright 2024 Naval Cover Museum