CULGOA AF 3

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.

Culgoa Class Provisions Store Ship Built 1889 - Launched (Date unknown) Purchased at Cavite, P.I. by the US Navy 4 June 1898 USS CULGOA (Refrigerated Supply Ship) Commissioned 3 December 1898 - Decommissioned 16 October 1901 Recommissioned 1 October 1902 - Decommissioned 11 August 1905 Struck from Naval Register 7 May 1906 Reinstated on the Naval Register 20 June 1906 Recommissioned 12 September 1907 Sailed with the Great White Fleet in 1908 USS CULGOA AF-3 Designated (AF) 17 July 1920 Decommissioned 31 December 1921 Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown) Sold 25 July 1922

Naval Covers

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1. USS Culgoa AF-3 Covers Page 1    (1919-38)

 

Postmarks

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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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3rd Commissioning 12 September 1907 to 31 December 1921

 

Locy Type 1(C)

1910-09-09

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Locy Type 2r

1919-03-04

Picture postcard of the Met. Life Building, NY NY

 

Locy Type 3 (AC)

c1919-06

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USPO Duplex Cancel "Bush Term Sta" Brooklyn NY

1918-07-26

N/A

Censored, Official Business. From the Tom Kean collection.

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark USS Culgoa AF-3 Station" Staten Island NY

2009-01-31

100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet, Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

USS CULGOA earned the Philippine Campaign Medal, the Mexican Service Medal, the Haitian Campaign Medal, the Dominican Republic Campaign Medal and the World War I Victory Medal (with Transport Clasp) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A merchant name retained. (perhaps Culgoa, Australia)

 

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