TOMBIGBEE AOG 11

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.

Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker Keel Laid October 23 1942 - Launched November 18 1943 USS TOMBIGBEE AOG-11 Commissioned July 13 1944 - Decommissioned December 12 1949 Recommissioned July 28 1950 - Decommissioned July 7 1972 Struck from Naval Register April 15 1978 ARIADNI A-414 (Greek Naval Service) Sold to Greece July 1 1978 and renamed Decommissioned by Greece February 11 2003 Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1944)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. 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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1st Commissioning July 13 1944 to December 12 1949

 

Locy Type 3z

1944-07-20

Official Business. USS Tombigbee is not known to have a Type 3z postmark so this cover was postmarked from another ship or shore location.

 

Locy Type 2z

1944-09-21

Censored Sailor's mail

 

Locy Type 2z

1946-11-26

Sailor's mail

 

Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-23

1948-09-12

"US Navy in Pacific Waters" cachet.

 

Other Information

TOMBIGBEE earned the China Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 2 Battle stars), the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp), two National Defense Service Medals, the Korean Service Medal, the Antarctic Service Medal, three Armed Forces Expeditionary Medals, the Vietnam Service Medal (w/ 9 Campaign stars), six Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation ribbons, the United Nations Service Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - (TOMBIGBEE) A river in Alabama which connects Birmingham with the Gulf of Mexico at Mobile. It rises in northeastern Mississippi and flows south by southeast into western Alabama, and joins the Alabama River to form the Mobile. The name itself is derived from Choctaw Indian words for "coffin makers."

NAMESAKE - (ARIADNI) Named after the mythical daughter of King Minas who helped Theseus to escape from the labyrinth.

 

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