CHEPACHET AO 78

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.

Suamico Class Fleet Oiler Keel Laid November 1 1942 as EUTAW SPRINGS Launched March 10 1943 as CHEPACHET USS CHEPACHET AO-78 Commissioned April 27 1943 - Decommissioned May 15 1946 Transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service USNS CHEPACHET T-AO-78 Placed In Service July 1950 - Out of Service (Date unknown) Struck from Naval Register January 4 1980 Transferred April 1 1980 to Maritime Administration for disposal Sold to Global Marine Development for conversion to a research vessel OCEAN ENERGY CONVERTER (Research Vessel) Dedicated July 5 1980 in Hawaii Transferred February 1982 to the state of Hawaii to be sold for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1944-60)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

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

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Post Office Established June 28 1943 - Disestablished March 12 1946

 

Locy Type 2z*

1946-02-28

Cachet by George V. Sadworth. Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

Locy Type 3z

1943-08-15

Note:

 

Locy Type 9efsu

1946-02-28

Cachet by George V. Sadworth. Contributed by Tom Kean.

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USNS CHEPACHET T-AO-78

 

Locy Type SL

1960-08-15

Arctic Operations Cachet

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USPS Pictorial Postmark

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "U.S.S. Chepachet Sta." Chepachet RI

1993-09-19

Reunion Cachet by Alvin Eckert

 

Other Information

CHEPACHET earned two Battle Stars for WWII
* Leyte operation
Leyte landings, October 25-28 1945
* Borneo operation
Balikpapan operation, June 28 to July 7 1945

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
the American Campaign Medal, the European-African- Middle East Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 2 Battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) and the Philippines Liberation Medal w/ 1 bronze star during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named for the Revolutionary War Battle of Eutaw Springs, South Carolina.

NAMESAKE - Named for the Chepachet River located in the village of Glocester, Rhode Island.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. I.G. Klemmer.

 

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