NAMAKAGON AOG 53

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.

Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker Laid down August 1 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (T1-MT-M1) tanker hull Launched November 4 1944 USS NAMAKAGON AOG-53 Commissioned June 18 1945 - Decommissioned September 20 1957 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet HMNZS ENDEAVOUR A-184 (New Zealand Naval Service) Transferred to New Zealand October 5 1962 renamed and Commissioned as Antarctic Supply Ship Decommissioned 1971 and returned to U.S. custody Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet Struck from Naval Register April 15 1976 RCS LUNG CHUAN AOG-507 (Taiwanese Naval Service) Transferred May 1 1976 to Taiwan and renamed Decommissioned April 1 2005 Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. 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	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 7 10088 Branch Pearl Harbor, HI

1946-08-15

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Navy 230 Advanced Base Br. Fleet Post Office Seattle WA

1947-10-14

N/A

Navy 230 was at Adak, Alaska. Sailor Mail.

 

Navy 128 Pearl Harbor Br. Fleet Post Office Honolulu HI

1953-04-19

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Other Information

USS Namakagon earned the China Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp) and the National Defense Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A river in Wisconsin.

 

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