FLAMBEAU IX 192

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.

Flambeau Class Mobile Floating Fuel Storage Ship Built in 1919 as S.B. Hunt Assigned Registry Number (ID-4233B) by US Navy Chartered to Standard Oil of N.J. by the WSA 26 April 1942 Acquired by War Emergency Tankers Inc. 21 March 1944 Acquired by the Navy from the WSA 8 January 1945 USS FLAMBEAU IX-192 Commissioned Miscellaneous Unclassified 8 January 1945 Decommissioned 6 April 1946 Struck from the Naval Register 17 April 1946 Returned to the WSA 5 April 1946 Sold for scrapping 27 December 1946

Naval Covers

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1. USS Flambeau IX-192 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 7z*

1946-04-05

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

USS FLAMBEAU earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A flaming torch.

Three ships of the US Navy have borne the name FLAMBEAU - USS Flambeau (1814 Brig), USS Flambeau (1861 Steamer) and USS Flambeau IX-192.

 

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