ESCALANTE AO 70

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.

Chiwawa Class Fleet Oiler Keel Laid 1942 as SS SHABONE Launched September 29 1942 Acquired by U.S. Navy January 30 1943 and renamed USS ESCALANTE AO-70 Commissioned January 30 1943 - Decommissioned December 12 1945 Struck from the Naval Register, 3 January 1946 Returned to the Maritime Commission (MARCOM), 27 June 1946 Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA. GEORGE MacDONALD (Commercial Service) Sold to Sinclair Refining Co., 9 December 1946 Foundered, 30 June 1960, approximately 165 miles east of Savannah, GA

 

Naval Covers

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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 incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.

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

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Post Office Established March 22 1943 - Disestablished December 11 1945

 

Locy Type 2z*

1944-05-05

Note:

 

Locy Type 9efu

1945-07-31

Postmark on the back of a USS Independence CVL-22 cover

 

Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-25

1945-10-27

Tokyo Bay

 

Locy Type LDPS 2z* Dec 11, 1945

1945-12-11

Last Day Postal Service

 

Other Information

ESCALANTE received five Battle Stars for her World War II service
* Convoy UGS-36
April 1944
* Luzon operation
Formosa attacks, January 9 and 21 1945
China Coast attacks, January 16 1945
Nansei Shoto attack, January 22 1945
* Iwo Jima operation
Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, February 23 to March 3 1945
* Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, March 24 to June 30 1945
5th and 3d Fleet raids in support of Okinawa Gunto operation, March 26 to June 1 1945
* 3rd Fleet operations against Japan
July 17 to August 3 1945

NAMESAKE - A river in Utah

 

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