OGLALA ARG 1

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.

Aroostook Class Minelayer Built 1907 by William Cramp and Sons Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA MASSACHUSETTS (Commercial Service) Owned and operated by the New England Navigation Company In 1911 the ship was sold to the Maine Steamship Company and converted to passenger service Sold in 1912 to the Eastern Steamship Corporation / Eastern Steamship Lines Acquired by U.S. Navy November 9 1917 and converted from a passenger steamer to a minelayer USS MASSACHUSETTS ID-1255 Commissioned December 7 1917 USS SHAWMUT ID-1255 Renamed January 7 1918 USS SHAWMUT CM-4 Designated (CM) July 17 1920 USS OGLALA CM-4 Renamed January 1 1928 SUNK (Aerial torpedo) in Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor December 7 1941 Refloated 1942 Decommissioned for repairs December 29 1942 Redesignated Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship (ARG) May 21 1943 USS OGLALA ARG-1 Recommissioned February 28 1944 - Decommissioned July 11 1946 Struck from Naval Register July 12 1946 Transferred to the U.S. Maritime Commission (MARCOM) and laid up in the reserve fleet at Suisun Bay, CA for almost two decades Sold November 1965 for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Shawmut Covers Page 1    (1919-27)
2. Oglala Covers Page 1    (1931-46)

 

Postmarks

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

 

N/A

pre-1917

No Image

USS MASSACHUSETTS ID-1255

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1st Commissioning December 7 1917 to December 29 1942

 

Locy Type 2

1924-02-10

As SHAWMUT CM-4

 

Locy Type 2rz

1919-02-28

As SHAWMUT ID-1255

 

Locy Type 3 (AC) "NEW ORLEANS / LA"

1919-12-24

As SHAWMUT ID-1255
Picture postcard showing Canal St. dated Dec 24 1919.

 

Locy Type 3 (A)

1927-04-07

As SHAWMUT CM-4

 

Locy Type 9v (C)

1927-09-06

As SHAWMUT CM-4

 

Locy Type 9v (C)

1927-11-02

As SHAWMUT CM-4
Registered, On Piece

 

Locy Type SL

1927-11-02

As SHAWMUT CM-4

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "KETCHIKAN / ALASKA"

1934-05-15

As OGLALA CM-4

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "BREMERTON / TO ALASKA"

1935-04-25

As OGLALA CM-4

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "PEARL HB'R / NAVY Y'D"

1935-10-27

As OGLALA CM-4
Navy Day 1935 - Cachet by Philip Akeo.

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "   / FLAGSHIP"

1936-04-27

AS OGLALA CM-4
Cover sponsor - Robert W. Matthews and Independence Crew No. 2, ANCS

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "FLAGSHIP / PEARL HARBOR"

1936-12-07

As OGLALA CM-4

 

Locy Type 3r (AC-BTT) "PEARL / HARBOR T.H." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. O-6b

1938-01-10

As OGLALA CM-4

 

Locy Type 3r (AC-BTT) "MIDWAY / ISLANDS" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. O-6b

1938-05-21

As OGLALA CM-4

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "KONA COAST / HAWAII" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. O-6c

1938-08-01

As OGLALA CM-4
R/S cachet.

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "PEARL HARBOR / HAWAII" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. O-6c

1939-01-01

As OGLALA CM-4

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "PEARL HARBOR / HAWAII" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. O-6c

1939-06-14

As OGLALA CM-4
Flag Day 1939 - Cachet by C. Wright Richell

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "MIDWAY / ISLANDS" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. O-6d

1939-04-24

AS OGLALA CM-4
Cachet by - William H. Compton and Jimmie Allen
Postmarked on the back from New Bedford MA dated May 15 1939.

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "PEARL HARBOR / T.H." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. O-6d

1941-02-10

As OGLALA CM-4

 

Locy Type 3s (A)

1931-01-24

As OGLALA CM-4
Cachet by Harry E. Klotzbach

 

Locy Type 3s (A)

1931-04-09

As OGLALA CM-4
Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 3s (A) "MINECRAFT / FLAGSHIP"

1933-05-18

As OGLALA CM-4

 

Locy Type 3s (A) "MINECRAFT / FLAGSHIP"

1933-10-27

As OGLALA CM-4
Navy Day, cachet by Trans-Pacific Cover Society

 

Locy Type 6

1931-02-22

As OGLALA CM-4

 

Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. O-6e

1928-10-02

As OGLALA CM-4
Registered Receipt

 

Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. O-6e

1930-01-07

As OGLALA CM-4
Mark becoming distorted

 

Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. O-6e

1930-01-07

As OGLALA CM-4
Registered Official Business

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. O-6

1929-12-21

As OGLALA CM-4

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2nd Commissioning February 28 1944 to July 11 1946

 

Locy Type 3z (BTB)

1944-08-29

As OGLALA ARG-1
Sailor's mail.

 

Locy Type 3z (BTB)

1945-11-27

As OGLALA ARG-1
Official Business.

 

Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. O-6a

1946-06-13

As OGLALA ARG-1

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Locy Type 3e MINECRAFT BATTLE FORCE

1936-07-08

Operated in USS OGLALA

 

Locy Type 3e "MINECRAFT BATTLE FORCE" "PEARL / HARBOR T.H."

1937-06-18

Operated in USS OGLALA

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USPS Pictorial "U.S.S. / OGLALA / CM-4" Pearl Harbor HI

1977-04-23

35th Anniversary of refloating USS OGLALA at Pearl Harbor T.H.

 

Other Information

SHAWMUT

NAMESAKE - Named for a term believed to be derived from the Algonquin word Mashauwomuk referring to the region of present day Boston, Massachusetts

OGLALA
OGLALA earned 1 Battle Star for World War II service

OGLALA CM-4 was at Pearl Harbor December 7 1941 at The Pearl Harbor Navy Yard

NAMESAKE - Named for a sub-tribe of Sioux Indians, residing in the Black Hills of North Dakota

 

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