OTUS ARG 20

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.

Otus Class Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship Keel Laid 3 June 1940 as "SS FRED MORRIS" Launched 2 November 1940 - Acquired by US Navy 1 March 1941 USS OTUS AS-20 Commissioned 19 March 1941 USS OTUS ARG-20 Reclassified Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship (ARG) 25 June 1945 Decommissioned 20 August 1946 Sold 21 August 1946 Struck from Naval Register 25 September 1946

Naval Covers

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1. USS Otus AS-20 / ARG-20 Covers Page 1    (1941-1945)

 

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-BTT) "FIRST DAY / POST.SERV."

1941-09-19

First Day of Postal Service. Patriotic cachet by Jacques Minkus

 

Locy Type FDPS 9efw

1941-09-19

Note:

 

Locy Type FDPS 9x

1941-09-19

Cachet is thermographed. First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Walter Czubay

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-01-25

Censored WWII use

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)

1941-10-11

Sailor's Mail

 

Locy Type 3z (BTB) "SAILOR'S / LETTER"

1943-05-21

Note:

 

Locy Type 9v

1943-09-25

Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type 9efw

1941-10-18

Money Order Business (MOB) postmark, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 9x

1941-10-18

Add-on cachet by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-Z1

1944-08-22

Note:

 

Other Information

USS OTUS earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the American Defense Service Medal (with bronze star in lieu of Fleet clasp), the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 1 Battle star), the World War II Victory Medal, the Philippines Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the Philippines Defense Medal, the Philippines Liberation Medal and the Philippines Independence Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named for a mythological son of Iphimedia (wife of Aloeus) and Poseidon

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Fred Allain Morris.

 

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