YO 203

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.

YO-65 Class Fuel Oil Barge (Self-propelled) Keel Laid 07 May 1945 Launched 28 June 1945 YO-203 Placed in service August 31 1945 YON-320 Redesignated Fuel Barge (NSP) (Date Unknown) Placed out of service (date unknown) Struck from the Naval Register 19 May 1997 Sold for reuse/conversion 21 March 2001 Currently in merchant service in Nicaragua as of 2013

Naval Covers

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1. YO-203 Covers Page 1     (1945)

 

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.

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

 

USPO Machine Cancel Manitowoc, WI

1945-08-31

N/A

Accepted For Service. Cachet by Reverend August G. Dusold

 

Other Information

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