ORIOLE MHC 55

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.

Osprey Class Coastal Minehunter Keel Laid August 3 1991 - Launched May 22 1993 USS ORIOLE MHC-55 Placed "In Commission Special" May 12 1995 for delivery Commissioned September 16 1995 - Decommissioned June 30 2006 Struck from the Navy register June 30 2006 Laid up in the Beaumont Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX September 30 1996

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Postmarks

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Locy Type FDC 9(n+)y USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. O-26

1995-09-16

Commissioning, cachet by the Stewart M. Henry. "MEA EST VENATIO" is Latin for "MINE IS THE HUNT".

 

USPS 4-bar Baltimore, MD

1995-09-16

N/A

Commissioning, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for any of various birds in America with a highly specialized vocal apparatus - commonly referred to as "singing birds," although many among them do not sing - the Icteridae family: the males are usually bright black and yellow or orange, the females chiefly greenish or yellowish, as the Baltimore oriole and the orchard oriole.

There have been five ships of the US Navy named ORIOLE - USS Oriole (1864 River Sternwheel Steamer), USS Oriole (1895 15-gun Sloop-of-War), USS Oriole ATO 136, USS Oriole AMCU 33 and USS Oriole MHC 55.

 

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