AUCILLA AO 56
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.
Keel Laid May 25 1943 as Maritime Commission type (T3-S2-A3) hull Launched November 20 1943 as "SS ESCANABA" Acquired U.S. Navy December 22 1943 |
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This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).
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.
- Covers Page 1 (1946-65)
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.
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1st Post Office Period January 10 1944 to July 12 1947
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1946-00-00 |
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Notes: Date unknown. 1946 is a guess.
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1946-00-00 |
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Notes: Date unknown. 1946 is a guess.
2nd Post Office Period April 30 1952 to September 11 1970
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1964-11-07 |
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1965-02-18 |
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1966-06-22 |
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Locy Type 2r |
1952-09-07 |
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Locy Type 2r |
1961-04-30 |
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"Welcome to Norfolk" cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson
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1965-02-18 |
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Other Information
USS AUCILLA earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (with 5 battle stars), the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp), the National Defense Service Medal and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3 awards) during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - Named for a river in northern Florida. It flows south from southern Georgia into Apalachee Bay on the Gulf of Mexico southeast of Tallahassee.
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