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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>Cimmeron Class Fleet Oiler / Jumboized<br/> 
Keel Laid November 30 1944 - Launched June 2 1945<br/><br/> 
<li>'''USS CALOOSAHATCHEE AO-98'''<br/>
Commissioned October 10 1945 - Decommissioned May 8 1968<br/>
Recommissioned September 27 1969<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS CALOOSAHATCHEE AOJ-98'''<br/>
Redesignated (AOJ) (Date unknown)<br/>
Decommissioned February 28 1990<br/><br/> 
Struck from Naval Register July 18 1994<br/> 
Transferred to Reserve Fleet December 18 1998<br/><br/>
Sold for scrapping and removed from Reserve Fleet October 2003 
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[[Image:Caloosahatchee_AO98_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]<br/>
[[Image:Caloosahatchee_AOJ98_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|125px]] 
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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.
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<li>[[USS CALOOSAHATCHEE AO-98_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1  ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1946-90)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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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>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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Locy Type<br/>2(n)<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. C-105
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1947-05-26
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Caloosahatchee_AO98_19470526_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Caloosahatchee_AO98_19470526_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As AO-98<br/>
Memorial Day cachet (used early) by [[Cachet_Maker_Alex_R_Hesse_ | Alex R. Hesse]]
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Locy Type<br/>2(n) (A,USS)<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. C-105a
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1963-03-06
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Caloosahatchee_AO98_19630306_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Caloosahatchee_AO98_19630306_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As AO-98
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Locy Type<br/>2#<br/><br/>(Br. #16077)
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1946-10-27
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[[Image:JonBurdett calloosahatchee ao98 19461027 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett calloosahatchee ao98 19461027.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
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As AO-98
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Locy Type<br/>2-1(n+) (USS) 1978
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1980-05-25
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[[Image:JonBurdett caloosahatchee ao98 19800525 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett caloosahatchee ao98 19800525.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
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As AOJ-98<br/>Official Ship's patch r/s marking
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Locy Type<br/>2-1(n+) (USS) 1978
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1982-10-21
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Caloosahatchee_AOJ98_19821021_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Caloosahatchee_AOJ98_19821021_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As-AOJ 98<br/>Official Ship's seal r/s marking
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Locy Type<br/>9ef(nu)
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1946-12-19
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[[Image:JonBurdett caloosahatchee ao98 19461220 pm.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett caloosahatchee ao98 19461220.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As AO-98
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Locy Type<br/>9#
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1946-10-27
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[[Image:JonBurdett calloosahatchee ao98 19461027 pm9.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett calloosahatchee ao98 19461027.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
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As AO-98
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Locy Type<br/>LDC 2-1p(n+)
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1990-02-28
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[[Image:JonBurdett caloosahatchee ao98 19900228 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett caloosahatchee ao98 19900228.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
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Last Day in Commission
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
CALOOSAHATCHEE earned the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3 awards) during her Naval career.  She also received the Battle Efficiency "E" (1973), the Engineering Excellence "E" (1973), Combat Information Center Green "E" (1978), the Communications Green "C" (1978), the Gunnery Systems "E" (1978), the Damage Control "DC" (1978), and the Deck Seamanship Award (1978)<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - A river in Florida 
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