ONTARIO ATO 13

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.

Sonoma Class Fleet Tug
Keel Laid November 23 1911 - Launched April 11 1912


1. USS ONTARIO
   Commissioned September 4 1912
   
   
2. USS ONTARIO AT-13
   Designated Fleet Tug (AT) February 17 1920
   
   
3. USS ONTARIO ATO-13
   Redesignated Fleet Tug (Old) (ATO) May 15 1944
   Decommissioned June 3 1946
   
   Struck from Naval Register June 19 1946
   Sold April 4 1947 to Floyd Harrington Wilmington, CA
   
   Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1938-41)

 

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	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image

 

Locy Type FDPS 3r(A-BTB) "TUTUILA / AM. SAMOA"

1938-02-14

Note: Cachet describes why FDPS was different from the ship's commission date.

 

Locy Type 3r(A-BTB) "ROSE / ISLAND"

1939-03-16

Rose Island, a small atoll on the outskirts of Samoa and a very scarce killer bar location (Dave Kent).
 

Locy Type 3r (A-BTB)

1940-09-04

As AT-13
 

Locy Type SLPts (38x3)

1938-11-15

As AT-13
 

Locy Type SLPtsl (28x3)

1939-02-09

As AT-13

 

Other Information

USS ONTARIO was at Pearl Harbor December 7 1941 at The Pearl Harbor Navy Yard

USS ONTARIO earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the American Defense Service Medal, the World War I Victory Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 1 Campaign star and the World War II Victory Medal.

NAMESAKE - Named for the North American Indian Tribe.

 

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