LARAMIE AO 16

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.

Alameda Class Fleet Oiler
Built 1920
Acquired by US Navy 17 December 1921


1. USS LARAMIE AO-16
   Commissioned 28 December 1921 - Decommissioned 19 June 1922
   Recommissioned "In Ordinary" 26 June 1940
   Recommissioned (Full) 6 December 1940 - Decommissioned 16 November 1945
   
   Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown)
   Transferred to Maritime Commission for disposal 11 June 1946
   Sold 1 July 1947 for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Laramie AO-16 Covers Page 1    (1941-1942)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) "NORFOLK / VA"

1941-03-19

First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

Locy Type FDPS 9efw

1941-03-19

First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type FDPS 9efw

1941-03-19

First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) (No Date, Killer Empty)

1942-01-11

Cachet by Jacques Minkus

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)

1941-06-30 to 1941-07-06

Note:

 

Locy Type 3z

1942-01-07

Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type 9v

1941-06-30 to 1941-07-06

Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-43

1942-01-11

Cachet by Jacques Minkus

 

Locy Type LDPS 3z

1945-11-12

Last Day of Postal Service. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Other Information

USS LARAMIE earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the American Defense Service Medal w/ Fleet clasp, the American Campaign Medal, the Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A river in northern Colorado and southeastern Wyoming that enters the North Fork of the Platte River at Fort Laramie, Wyo.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name LARAMIE - USS Laramie AO-16 and USNS Laramie T-AO-203.

 

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