PROMETHEUS AR 3
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.
- Ontario Class Collier / Prometheus Class Repair Ship
- USS ONTARIO Fleet Collier No. 2
Commissioned January 15 1910 - Decommissioned April 7 1913 for conversion to Repair Ship
- USS PROMETHEUS Repair Ship No. 2
Recommissioned December 23 1914
- USS PROMETHEUS AR-3
Designated (AR) July 17 1920
Decommissioned October 4 1924
Recommissioned May 15 1942 - Decommissioned July 1 1946
Struck from Naval Register July 31 1946
Transferred to Maritime Commission for disposal
Sold August 29 1950 for scrap
Keel Laid October 18 1907 - Launched December 5 1908
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- Covers Page 1 (1946)
Postmarks
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THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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existing example.
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Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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2nd Commissioning December 23 1914 to October 4 1924
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Locy Type |
1919-04-06 |
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Note: Sailor's Mail
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Locy Type |
1916-04-02 |
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Dial text - "U.S.S. PROMETHEUS, [comma] PACIFIC STA. [period]". RPPC, sender at Old Cathedral in Panama.
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Locy Type |
1916-04-02 |
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Dial text - "U.S.S. PROMETHEUS, [comma] PACIFIC STA. [period]". RPPC, sender at Old Cathedral in Panama.
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Locy Type |
1918-03-08 |
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Official Business
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Locy Type |
1922-01-16 |
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Picture postcard from Cuba
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Locy Type |
1922-01-16 |
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Picture postcard from Cuba
3rd Commissioning May 15 1942 to July 1 1946
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Locy Type |
1946-06-20 |
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Note:
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Locy Type |
1943-03-24 |
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Censored Officers Mail
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Locy Type |
1946-07-01 |
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Last Day of Postal Service
Other Information
Awards, Citations, and Campaign Ribbons...
Mexican Service Medal - Haitian Campaign Medal - World War I Victory Medal - China Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 1 Battle star) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp).
NAMESAKE - In Greek mythology, a Titan and brother of Epimetheus and Atlas, who stole a spark from heaven and gave it as a gift of fire to newly-created mankind. To punish him for this act, Zeus (Jupiter) chained him to a rock in the Caucasus, where an eagle daily tore at his liver. Each night Prometheus regenerated his damaged liver, until finally he was delivered from his torment by Hercules.
Two ships of the US Navy have been named PROMETHEUS - USS Prometheus (Brig, 1814) and USS Prometheus AR-3.
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