ALLEGHENY ATO 19

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.

Allegheny Class Fleet Tug
Keel Laid May 24 1917 as HURON
Renamed September 1 1917
Launched October 18 1917


1. USS ALLEGHENY
   Commissioned May 18 1918
   
   
2. USS ALLEGHENY AT-19
   Designated Fleet Tug (AT) July 17 1920
   Sunk in collision with USS ORION AC-11 July 5 1922
   Raised July 22 1922
   Returned to active service November 1922
   
   
3. USS ALLEGHENY ATO-19
   Reclassified Fleet Tug (Old) (ATO) May 15 1944
   Decommissioned July 10 1946
   
   Struck from Naval Register September 25 1946
   Turned over to the Maritime Commission February 18 1947 for scrapping
   Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

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1. Allegheny Covers Page 1     (1934-45)

 

Postmarks

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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 August 1 1918 - Disestablished November 12 1920

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Locy Type SLKts (39x3)

1934-09-23

As AT-19

 

Locy Type SLPb (39x4)

1939-07-16

As AT-19
Bruce D. Liddell collection

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
World War I Victory Medal - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - Named for a river which rises in Potter County, Pa., and flows northwest into southwestern New York before turning south to re-enter Pennsylvania in Warren County. The stream then meanders southward through western Pennsylvania until joining the Monongahela at Pittsburg to form the Ohio. The word Allegheny is derived from the Delaware Indian name for the Allegheny and the Ohio Rivers

 

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