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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during 
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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<ol>Neosho Class Fleet Oiler<br/>
Keel Laid May 4 1953 - Launched June 12 1954<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS MISSISSINEWA AO-144'''<br/>
Commissioned January 18 1955 - Decommissioned November 15 1976<br/><br/>
<li>'''USNS MISSISSINEWA T-AO-144'''<br/>
Placed In Service November 15 1976 - Placed out of service c1991-94<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register February 16 1994<br/>
Title transfer to MARAD May 1 1999<br/>
Departed National Defense Reserve Fleet January 30 2007 for scrapping 
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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<li>[[USS MISSISSINEWA AO-144_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1955)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, 
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postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of 
earliest known usage.

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image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN 
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<h4>1st Commissioning January 18 1955 to November 15 1976</h4>

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Locy Type<br/>2 
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1960-09-27
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1960 Arctic Operations cachet for [[MISSION_SANTA_YNEZ_T-AOT_134_ | USNS Mission Santa Ynez T-AO-134]]
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Locy Type<br/>2(n+) (USS)
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1974-03-16
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Welcome to Norfolk - [[Country_Netherlands_ | Hr. Ms. POTVIS]], cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson]]
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Locy Type<br/>9efu
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1955-10-06
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
MISSISSINEWA earned the Joint Meritorious Unit Award Ribbon, the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon, two Navy Expeditionary Medals, the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon and the Coast Guard Special Operations Service Ribbon during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - A river in Indiana<br/><br/>
There have been two ships in the US Navy named MISSISSINEWA - USS Mississinewa AO-59 and USS/USNS Mississinewa AO-144.
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