MAQUOKETA T-AOG 51

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.

Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker Keel Laid January 14 1944 - Launched August 12 1944 USS MAQUOKETA AOG-51 Commissioned February 27 1945 - Decommissioned February 21 1947 Laid up in Reserve Fleet June 18 1947 Struck from Naval Register March 12 1958 Reacquired and assigned to Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) 1952 USNS MAQUOKETA T-AOG-51 Placed In Service March 1 1952 - Placed Out of Service May 18 1954 Placed In Service April 24 1956 - Placed Out of Service October 16 1956 Placed In Service April 30 1957 - Placed Out of Service October 9 1957 Laid up in Reserve Fleet February 11 1958 Struck from Naval Register (date unknown) Sold for non-transportation use December 2 1975

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1945)

 

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

 

NO POSTMARKS REPORTED

POSTMARK DATE

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1st Commissioning February 27 1945 to February 21 1947

 

U.S. Navy

1945-04-16 to 1945-04-20

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3rd Commissioning April 24 1956 to October 16 1956

 

USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Naval Air Station Branch" Alameda CA

196-09-14

N/A

R/S cachet for the 1956 MSTS Arctic Operations

 

Other Information

USS/USNS MAQUOKETA earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp), the National Defense Service Medal and the Philippines Liberation Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A river in the State of Iowa.

 

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