WATERTOWN T-AGM 6

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.

Watertown Class Missile Range Instrumentation Ship Laid down February 12 1944, as SS NIANTIC VICTORY, a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP3) hull Launched April 25 1944 Delivered to Maritime Commission May 18 1944 Leased May 18 1944 to American Hawaii SS Co. Leased November 6 1946, to Waterman SS Corp. Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, N.C. May 30 1948 Chartered August 24 1950 by Union Sulphur and Oil Co. MSTS charter April 18 1952 for operation by Union Sulphur and Oil Co. MSTS charter April 8 1955 for operation by Pope and Talbot SS Co. Chartered December 11 1956 by Isbrandtsen Co. Inc. Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA, January 24 1958 Permanent custody transferred to U.S. Navy August 11 1960 Assigned to Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) for conversion to a Missile Range Instrumentation Ship USNS WATERTOWN T-AGM-6 Place In Service November 27 1960 - Placed Out of Service 1971 Struck from Naval Register February 16 1972 Returned to Maritime Administration March 22 1974 for disposal Permanent custody transferred to Maritime Administration May 23 1974 Sold May 23 1974 to Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd., Seoul South Korea for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USNS Watertown T-AGM-6 Covers Page 1     (1968)

 

Postmarks

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

 

USPO Machine Postmark Port Hueneme, CA

1964-02-05

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Official Business

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Ships cachet

 

Other Information

USNS WATERTOWN earned the National Defense Service Medal during her Naval career

NAMESAKE - Cities and towns in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

 

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