GEORGETOWN AGTR 2

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.

Oxford Class Technical Research Ship Built 1945 as Maritime Commission type (Z-EC2-S-C5) hull Launched July 10 1945 as ROBERT W. HART Placed under a General Agency Agreement to Agwilines, New York Laid up December 1946 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington Group Chartered January 31 1947 by Waterman Steamship Co. New Orleans, LA Laid up October 29 1947 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group Acquired by U.S. Navy August 10 1962 USS GEORGETOWN AG-165 Commissioned as Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG) November 9 1963 USS GEORGETOWN AGTR-2 Redesignated Technical Research Ship (AGTR) April 1 1964 Decommissioned December 19 1969 Struck from Naval Register December 19 1969 Laid up June 24 1970 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group Sold July 24 1970 to N. V. Intershitra, Netherlands Scrapped 1971

Naval Covers

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1. Georgetown Covers Page 1    (1963-69)

 

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 FDC 2(n)

1963-11-09

As AG-165
First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (AG,USS)

1964-02-06

As AG-165

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (AGTR,USS)

1966-08-09

As AGTR-2

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (AGTR,USS)

1964-04-12

No Image

Tazewell G. Nicholson welcome to Norfolk VA cachet

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u)

1969-10-27

As AGTR-2

 

Locy Type LDPS 2t(n+u)

1969-11-20

As AGTR-2
Last Day Postal Service

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
National Defense Service Medal

NAMESAKE - Communities in 22 states

 

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