SEBEC AO 87

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.

Escambia Class Fleet Oiler Keel Laid May 20 1943 - Launched July 29 1943 USS SEBEC AO-87 Commissioned March 29 1944 - Decommissioned February 7 1946 Struck from Naval Register February 26 1946 Laid up June 30 1946 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Group Assigned to Naval Transportation Service (NTS) Leased to Pacific Tankers Inc. October 31 1946 Reinstated in Naval Register April 28 1950 Assigned to Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) USNS SEBEC T-AO-87 Placed In Service 1950 - Out of Service September 3 1957 Struck from Naval Register September 3 1957 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont Group Acquired by U.S. Army June 9 1966 Converted to floating power station for Vietnam service Sold September 9 1974 for to Dongkuk Steel Co. Ltd. Seoul, Korea for scrap

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. Covers Page 1     (1944-45)

 

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 2z

1945-10-08

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Locy Type 2z + SLK(n)

1945-11-05

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Locy Type 9efu

1944-12-17 to 1944-12-26

Mark from back of cover

 

Other Information

SEBEC received six battle stars for World War II service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6) - World War II Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - The Sebec River in Maine

 

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