SAMOSET ATA 190

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.

ATA-121 Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug Planned and authorized as Rescue Ocean Tug "ATR-117" Reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug "ATA-190" May 15 1944 Keel Laid September 29 1944 - Launched October 26 1944 USS ATA-190 Commissioned January 1 1945 USS SAMOSET ATA-190 Named July 16 1948 - Decommissioned September 12 1969 Struck from the Naval Register July 1 1978 HENRI CHRISTOPHE MM20 (Haitian Naval Service) Sold to Haiti and renamed October 1 1978 Fate Unknown

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1969)

 

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	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

NO POSTMARKS REPORTED

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u)("LKA") USS Algol LKA-54

1969-09-12

N/A

Last Day In Commission, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Other Information

USS SAMOSET earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 1 Battle star), the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) and the Philippines Liberation Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - An Indian chief who deeded some 12,000 acres in present-day Maine to the English in July 1625. He died after 1653 and was buried near Bristol, Maine.

Three ships of the US Navy have been named SAMOSET - USS Samoset YT/YTM-5, USS Samoset SP-2000 and USS Samoset ATA-190. A fourth ship was planned to be named SAMOSET (MC Hull 516) but was assigned CHIWAWA AO-68.

 

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