WACCAMAW T-AO 109

Ship Name and Designation History

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Cimmeron Class Fleet Oiler Keel Laid 28 April 1945 - Launched 20 March 1946 USS WACCAMAW AO-109 Commissioned 25 June 1946 - Decommissioned February 1964 Placed In Commission, In Reserve February 1964 - February 1965 Recommissioned (Full) 26 February 1965 - Decommissioned 24 February 1975 USNS WACCAMAW T-AO-109 Placed in Service 24 February 1975 USNS WACCAMAW T-AOT-109 Reclassified Oil Transporter (Date unknown) Placed Out of Service 22 October 1989 Struck from Naval Register 11 October 1991 Sold for scrapping 2006

Naval Covers

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1. USS Waccamaw AO-109 / T-AO-109 Covers Page 1    (1946-1975)

 

Postmarks

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

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1st Commissioning 25 June 1946 to February 1964

 

Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-2

1946-06-25

First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type 2tnu

1947-07-11

Note:

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu)

1954-08-19

Note:

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2nd Commissioning 26 February 1965 to 24 February 1975

 

Locy Type FDPS 2(n+)

1965-03-23

First Day Postal Service, cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-2c

1967-08-27

"Welcome to Norfolk" cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-2c

1971-03-08

Note:

 

Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-2c

1971-09-22

Launching of the USS California DLGN-36, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 9ef(n+u)(USS)

1974-12-09

"Welcome Home" cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type LDPS 2(n+)

1975-02-18

Last Day Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

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Military Sealift Command Service 24 February 1975 to 22 October 1989

 

USPS Slogan Machine Cancel "ALWAYS USE / ZIP CODE" Brooklyn NY

1975-08-22

T-AO-109

 

Other Information

USS WACCAMAW earned the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon (2 awards), the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal w/ Europe clasp, the National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 1 Campaign star and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A river in South Carolina, taking its name from a small tribe which formerly dwelt along the lower Pee Dee River and its branches in the Carolinas. Like other tribes of the region, the Waccamaw were probably incorporated with the Catawba tribe by late in the 19th century.

The ships sponsor was Miss Irene F. Long.

 

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