CONTENDER T-AGOS 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.

Stalwart Class Ocean Surveillance Ship Keel Laid 10 January 1983 - Launched 20 December 1983 Delivered to the Navy 9 June 1984 USNS CONTENDER T-AGOS-2 Assigned to Military Sealift Command (MSC) and Placed in Service Placed out of Service 1 October 1992 Custody assumed by U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet Struck from the Naval Register 11 December 1992 KINGS POINTER (Training Ship) Transferred in 1992 to the US Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y. and renamed Transferred 16 January 2012 from Kings Point to Texas A&M University GENERAL RUDDER (Training Ship) Renamed 4 June 2012 Transferred to the Beaumont Ready Reserve Fleet in 2019

 

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

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1. USNS Contender T-AGOS-2 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

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.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2 U S Navy FPO Zip Code 96766 Hawaii

1986-10-31

SURTASS stands for Surveillance Towed-Array Sensor System. The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - (CONTENDER) - A person or group competing with others to achieve something.

NAMESAKE - (Kings Pointer) - Named for the location of the Academy.

NAMESAKE - (General Rudder) - Named for legendary Texas A&M graduate MGen. James Earl Rudder, USA, who commanded the fabled Army Rangers during their scaling of Pointe Du Hoc on D-Day, June 6, 1944, on the French coast. Rudder went on to become president of Texas A&M from 1959 until his death in 1970.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Sarah Sumner Rowden.

 

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