WINOOSKI AO 38

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.

Kennebec Class Fleet Oiler Keel Laid 23 April 1941 as Maritime Commission type (T2) tanker hull Launched 12 November 1941 as CALUSA Acquired by U.S. Navy 5 January 1942 USS WINOOSKI AO-38 Commissioned 27 January 1942 - Decommissioned 30 April 1946 Transferred 1 August 1946 to MARAD for disposal Name reverted to CALUSA Struck from Naval Register 8 October 1946 SAMUEL L. FULLER (Commercial Service) Sold 3 March 1947 to Sinclair Refining Co. and renamed SEANYMPH (Commercial Service) Sold 13 December 1963 to International Shipping & Trading Corp. and renamed Sold 19 October 1964 and re-flagged Liberian MERACOULOSA (Commercial Service) Renamed December 1964 Scrapped September 1965

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Winooski AO-38 Covers Page 1     (1943-1945)

 

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.

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

 

Locy Type FDC 3z (BBT)

1942-01-27

First Day of Commissioning. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type 3 (A-TTT)

1945-12-13

Sailor's mail.

 

Locy Type 3z (BBT)

1943-01-06

Censored, WWII use

 

Other Information

USS WINOOSKI earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 Battle star, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 4 Battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal w/ Asia clasp and the Philippines Liberation Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A river in north central Vermont which empties into Lake Champlain.

 

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