UMPQUA ATO 25

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.

Bagaduce Class Fleet Tug Keel Laid February 19 1919 - Launched September 18 1919 USS UMPQUA Fleet Tug No. 25 Commissioned December 6 1919 USS UMPQUA AT-25 Designated (AT) July 17 1920 USS UMPQUA ATO-25 Reclassified Fleet Tug (Old) (ATO) May 14 1944 Decommissioned May 24 1946 Struck from Naval Register July 3 1946 Transferred December 4 1946 to Maritime Commission for disposal Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Umpqua AT/ATO-25 Covers Page 1    (1936-46)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type SLPbs(n) (73x6)

1936-04-28

AT-25.

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Post Office Established October 1 1939 to September 1 1945

 

Locy Type FDPS 3r (AC-BBT) "CHARLESTON / S.C."

1939-10-06

AT-25. First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Walter Czubay

 

Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "CHARLESTON / S.C."

1939-12-25

AT-25. Christmas.

 

Locy Type 3z (BTT)

1945-10-27

ATO-25. Double strike. Navy Day 1945, cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

Locy Type 9v

1945

ATO-25...Type 9v strike on back of the 2z cover

 

Other Information

USS UMPQUA earned the American Defense Medal (with Fleet clasp), the American Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A river in Oregon rising near Roseburg and meandering northwest before emptying into Winchester Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The river in turn was named for the Umpqua Indians, a small tribe of Athabascan linguistic stock.

Three ships of the US Navy have borne the name UMPQUA - USS Umpqua (1865 Monitor), USS Umpqua ATO-25 and USS Umpqua ATA-209.

 

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