PATOKA AG 125

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.

Patoka Class Fleet Oiler
Keel Laid 17 December 1918 - Launched 26 July 1919
Acquired by U.S. Navy 3 September 1919


1. USS PATOKA Fleet Oiler No. 9
   Commissioned 13 October 1919
   
   
2. USS PATOKA AO-9
   Designated (AO) 17 July 1920
   Decommissioned 31 August 1933
   
   
3. USS PATOKA AV-6
   Redesignated Seaplane Tender (AV) 11 October 1939, while in reserve
   Recommissioned 10 November 1939
   
   
4. USS PATOKA AO-9
   Reverted to Fleet Oiler (AO) 19 June 1940
   
   
5. USS PATOKA AG-125
   Redesignated Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG) 15 August 1944
   Used as Minecraft Tender
   Decommissioned 1 July 1946
   
   Struck from Naval Register 31 July 1946
   Sold 15 March 1948 for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Patoka AG-125 Covers Page 1    (1925-43)

 

Postmarks

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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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1st Commissioning October 13 1919 to August 31 1933

 

Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "DUTCHHARBOR / ALASKA"

1933-06-21

AO-9. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

Locy Type 3rs (AC)

1925-07-04

As AO-9

 

Locy Type 5s

1930-10-14

As AO-9

 

Locy Type 9

1928-06-06

As AO-9. Mark from back of the cover.

 

Locy Type LDPS P (dial from 5hks, bars from 3) "NATIONAL / RECOVERY"

1933-08-31

As AO-9. R/S Cachet for the Last Day of Commissioning

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2nd Commissioning November 10 1939 to July 1 1946

 

Locy Type FDR F "FIRST DAY RE- / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-7

1939-11-10

As AV-6. First Day of Commission. Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick.

 

Locy Type FDPS 3r (A-BBT) "1ST DAY OF / P.O. SERVICE"

1939-12-15

As AV-6. First Day of Postal Service

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT)

1940-10-04

As AO-9

 

Locy Type 3z

1943-10-24

As AO-9

 

Locy Type 9v

1940-03-15

As AV-6

 

Locy Type 9efw

1939-12-15

As AV-6
Cachet is thermographed.

 

Locy Type 9efw

1940-03-15

As AV-6

 

Locy Type 9x

1940-10-01

As AO-9. Cut-square, brown wrapper

 

Locy Type F "TURKEY-DAY / PSNY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-7

1939-11-23

As AV-6

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Unused

c 1980

Modern Postcard showing USS PATOKA and USS Los Angeles ZR-3 off Panama in 1931. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

Other Information

USS PATOKA earned the American Defense Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia Clasp) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A river in Indiana

 

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