RINCON T-AOG 77

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.

Rincon Class Gasoline Tanker Keel Laid 24 February 1945, as MV TARLAND - Launched as RINCON 5 June 1945 Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 5 October 1945 and chartered for operations USAT RINCON Placed in Service October 5 1945 - Transferred to US Navy July 1 1950 USNS RINCON T-AOG-77 Placed in service 1 July 1950 - Placed out of service 1976 Transferred to MARAD for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet ROKS SO YANG AOE-55 (South Korean Naval Service) Transferred, (loaned) to South Korea 21 February 1982 & renamed Returned to the US Navy in the late 1990s Struck from the Naval Register, 23 October 1998 Final Disposition, scrapped, circa 2000

 

Naval Covers

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Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

 

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

 

Army Postal Service 4-bar APO 96218 Taegu SOUTH KOREA

1975-07-03

N/A

Collectors request

 

Other Information

USNS RINCON earned the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal w/ 2 Campaign stars, the United Nations Service Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A municipality of Puerto Rico founded in 1771 by Don Luis de Añasco.

The ships sponsor is Mrs. J. L. Baker.

 

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