ANACOSTIA AO 94

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.

Escambia Class Fleet Oiler Keel Laid (Date unknown) as Maritime Commission type (T2-SE-A2) tanker hull Launched September 24 1944 MISSION ALAMO (Maritime Commission) Acquired U.S. Navy February 25 1945 USS ANACOSTIA AO-94 Commissioned February 25 1945 - Decommissioned April 16 1946 Struck from Naval Register May 8 1946 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet Reinstated in Naval Register February 28 1948 Assigned to Navy Transportation Service Reassigned to MSTS October 1 1949 USNS ANACOSTIA T-AO-94 Placed In Service October 1 1949 - Out of Service (Date unknown) Struck from Naval Register December 17 1957 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet Fate unknown

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

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1. 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 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 --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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Post Office Established February 15 1945 - Disestablished April 10 1946

 

Locy Type 2z

1946-03-30

Note:

 

Locy Type 9# (Br. #15625)

1945-04-13 to 1945-04-18

Mark from back of cover

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A river that flows about 8.4 mi from Prince George's County in Maryland, USA and through Washington, D.C. where it joins with the Washington Channel to empty into the Potomac River at Hains Point. The name "Anacostia" derives from the area's early history as Nacochtank, a settlement of Necostan or Anacostan Native Americans on the banks of the Anacostia River

 

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