CATAWBA ATA 210

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.

Maricopa Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug Keel Laid (Date unknown) as Rescue Ocean Tug (ATR-137) Reclassified Auxiliary Ocean Tug (ATA-210) May 15 1944 Launched February 15 1945 - Acquired by the Navy April 18 1945 USS ATA-210 Commissioned April 18 1945 USS CATAWBA ATA-210 Named January 16 1948 Decommissioned February 1 1972 Struck from Naval Register February 1 1975 ARA COMMODORE SOMELLERA A-10 (Argentine Naval Service) Sold October 1 1975 to Argentina and renamed Sunk 1998

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1946,1970)

 

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

 

Locy Type SLPb (61x6)

1946-02-12 to 1946-02-12

Lincoln's Birthday, cachet by M. Fay Muridge

 

Locy Type SLPb (61x6)

1946-02-22 to 1946-02-22

Washington's Birthday, cachet by C. Wright Richell

 

Locy Type 2(n)(USS) USS Traverse County LST-1160

1970-02-07 to 1970-02-07

N/A

Greetings from Norfolk, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Other Information

USS CATAWBA earned the following awards during her Naval career - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic -Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal.

NAMESAKE - A river in North Carolina.

Five ships of the US Navy have been named CATAWBA - USS Catawba (Monitor 1865), USS Catawba YT-32, USS Catawba ATA-210 and USNS Catawba T-ATF-168.
A fifth ship named CATAWBA (AT-68) was renamed ARAPAHO August 5 1941 prior to her launching.

 

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