ORIOLE ATO 136

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.

Lapwing Class Minesweeper Keel Laid March 6 1918 - Launched July 3 1918 USS ORIOLE Minesweeper No. 7 Commissioned November 5 1918 USS ORIOLE AM-7 Designated AM-7 July 17 1920 Decommissioned May 3 1922 Placed in "Ordinary Commission" May 2 1938 Placed in "Full Commission" August 15 1938 USS ORIOLE AT-136 Reclassified Ocean Tug (AT) June 1 1942 USS ORIOLE ATO-136 Reclassified Ocean Tug Old (ATO) May 15 1944 Decommissioned February 6 1946 Struck from Naval Register March 12 1946 Delivered to Maritime Commission January 6 1947 Sold January 8 1947 to M. E. Baker, Kilisut Harbor, Wash

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1919-40)

 

Postmarks

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

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1st Commissioning November 5 1918 to May 3 1922

 

Locy Type 2rz

1919-07-17 to 1919-08-16

As Minesweeper No. 7

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2nd Commissioning August 15 1938 to February 6 1946

 

USPO Slogan Machine postmark "Mare Island Station" Vallejo, CA

1938-08-15

No Image

Recommissioned. Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

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Locy Type FDPS 3r "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA"

1938-08-20

First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by William F. Schlechter
USPO Machine postmark on back from "Mare Island Station", Vallejo, CA dated August 20 1938.

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "BREMERTON / WASHINGTON"

1939-07-24

Fleet Week, Seattle Washington, cachet by M. Fay Muridge

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "BREMERTON / WASHINGTON"

1939-10-12

Columbus Day, cover by Walter J. Dybas

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "BREMERTON / WASHINGTON"

1939-12-25

Christmas Day, cover by the National Tuberculosis Association.

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "BREMERTON / WASHINGTON"

1940-07-15

Add-on cachet by Roger A. Wentworth

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "BREMERTON / WASHINGTON"

1940-10-27

Navy Day, cachet by Myron F. McCamley

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for any of various birds in America with a highly specialized vocal apparatus - commonly referred to as "singing birds," although many among them do not sing - the Icteridae family: the males are usually bright black and yellow or orange, the females chiefly greenish or yellowish, as the Baltimore oriole and the orchard oriole.

 

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