DAWN IX 186

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.

Dawn Class Mobile Floating Fuel Storage Ship
Built 1920 at Moore Shipbuilding Co., Oakland, CA


1. VACUUM (Commercial Service)
Owned and operated by Vacuum Oil Co., Inc., New York
Official Number: 220165
Listed owner in 1931: Standard-Vacuum Transportation Co., Inc., New York
Listed owner in 1935: Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc., New York
Acquired by U.S. Navy December 25 1944


2. USS DAWN IX-186
Commissioned Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX) December 26 1944
Decommissioned April 12 1946
Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown)
Returned to War Shipping Administration for disposal April 12 1946

Fate unknown

 

Conflicting History Data

NavSource says the following for final disposition:
"..., sold for scrapping, 4 December 1946, to Patapsco Scrap Metal Corp., Baltimore, MD. ..., delivered, 17 December 1947"

Wikipedia and its source KAWISHIWI AO-146 Personnel Map indicate that the ship was laid up in the Suisun Bay, CA, Reserve Fleet as late as 2004.

 

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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Locy Type 7rz

1946-02-23

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Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Philippine Liberation Medal

NAMESAKE - Daybreak or early morning

 

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