TATOOSH YAG 1

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.

Self-propelled Wooden-hulled Miscellaneous Auxiliary Service Craft
Built 1918 as wooden-hulled steamship CATHRINE D.
Purchased by U.S. Navy March 27 1941
Renamed April 10 1941


1. USS TATOOSH YAG-1
   Placed in Reduced Commission April 25 1941 for conversion to Mobile Section Base
   Commissioned June 17 1941 - Decommissioned December 1 1944
   
   Struck from Naval Register December 11 1944
   Hulk was destroyed September 29 1945

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1941-43)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type FDPS 3

1941-10-15

First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by Deane C. (DC) Bartley and John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS.

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)

1941-11-30

Note:

 

Locy Type 3z (BTB)

1942-02-18

Manuscript Ship's name on the front.

 

Other Information

During World War II, TATOOSH served in the Alaska Territories as a tender and hospital ship in the Aleutians

TATOOSH received the following awards for her service...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - The name of a Makah Indian summer village and of the island on which it is located, off Cape Flattery, Wash. It is sometimes spelled Tatooche

 

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