AROOSTOOK AOG 14

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.

Aroostook Class Gasoline Tanker Keel Laid (Date Unknown) as the tank barge MV Esso Delivery No.11 Launched 8 December 1937 Delivered to the Standard Oil Co., of NJ 8 February 1938 Acquired by the US Navy 1 April 1943 USS AROOSTOOK AOG-14 Commissioned 18 April 1943 Decommissioned 18 January 1945 at Bizerte, Algeria RFS LAC PAVIN A628 (French Naval Service) Transferred to France & renamed 18 January 1945 Struck from the Naval Register 21 March 1949 Sold outright to France 21 March 1949 RFS LAC PAVIN Q118 (French Naval Service) Disarmed 2 May 1953 redesignated Q118 Final Disposition, scrapped in 1953

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 2z*

1944-06-17

A "Thank You for the Cigarettes" reply card. The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

USS AROOSTOOK earned 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 which rises in Piscataquis County, Maine, and meanders in a generally northeasterly direction through much of the northern tip of the state before entering the Canadian province of New Brunswick and joining the Saint John River. Aroostook is an Algonquian word meaning a bountiful and unobstructed.

Three ships of the US Navy have borne the name AROOSTOOK - USS Aroostook (1861 Gunboat), USS Aroostook AK-44 and USS Aroostook AOG-14.

 

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