OTUS ARG 20

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.

Otus Class Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship
Keel Laid June 3 1940 as Maritime type C3 hull
Launched November 2 1940 as FRED MORRIS
Acquired by U.S. Navy March 1 1941


1. USS OTUS AS-20
   Commissioned Submarine Tender (AS) March 19 1941
   
   
2. USS OTUS ARG-20
   Reclassified Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship (ARG) June 25 1945
   Decommissioned August 20 1946
   
   Sold August 21 1946
   Struck from Naval Register September 25 1946

 

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

1. Covers Page 1    (1941-45)

 

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.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 "FIRST DAY / POST.SERV."

1941-09-19

First Day of Postal Service. Patriotic cachet by Jacques Minkus

 

Locy Type FDPS 9efw

1941-09-19

Cachet is thermographed. First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Walter Czubay

 

Locy Type FDPS 9x

1941-09-19

Cachet is thermographed. First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Walter Czubay

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)

1941-10-11

Sailor's Mail

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-01-25

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 9v

1943-09-25

Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type 9efw

1941-10-18

Money Order Business (MOB) postmark, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-Z1

1944-08-22

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Other Information

OTUS earned 1 Battle Star for her World War II service.

NAMESAKE - Named for a mythological son of Iphimedia (wife of Aloeus) and Poseidon

 

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