REDSTONE T-AGM 20

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.

Mission Buenaventura Class Fleet Oiler Keel Laid November 26 1943 - Launched February 28 1944 Chartered to Pacific Tankers Inc. April 22 1944 for operations Returned to the Maritime Commission May 28 1946 USS MISSION De PALA AO 114 Acquired by the US Navy October 22 1947 and placed in service by the NTS USNS MISSION De PALA T-AO 114 Administrative transfer to MSTS October 1 1949 Place out of service and returned to th Maritime Commission December 23 1949 Reacquired by the Navy, and placed in service with MSTS July 21 1950 Placed out of service and returned to MARAD November 15 1954 Struck from the Naval Register June 22 1955 USNS MISSION De PALA T-AO 114 Reacquired by the US Navy July 6 1956 and placed in service Placed out of service March 13 1958 and returned to MARAD Struck from the Naval Register March 13 1958 Vanguard Class Range Instrumentation Ship Reacquired by the US Navy September 19 1964 for conversion USNS JOHNSTOWN AGM 20 Renamed and redesignated April 8 1965 USNS REDSTONE T-AGM 20 Renamed September 1 1965 Accepted and placed in service by MSTS June 30 1966 Placed out of service August 6 1993 Struck from the Naval Register December 7 1993 Sold November 17 1995 as excess

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1979)

 

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.

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

USPS Machine Cancel Honolulu HI

1969-08-03

N/A

APOLLO 11 Support

 

USPS Machine Cancel Orlando FL

1979-09-29

N/A

R/S cachet, Signed by the Master

 

USPS Machine Cancel Cape Canaveral FL

1981-04-11

N/A

Space Shuttle COLUMBIA Support

 

USPS Slogan Machine Cancel Kennedy Space Center FL

1982-06-27

N/A

Space Shuttle COLUMBIA Support

 

USPS Slogan Machine Cancel Kennedy Space Center FL

1982-11-11

N/A

Space Shuttle COLUMBIA Support

 

USPS Machine Cancel Cape Canaveral FL

1983-00-00

N/A

Space Shuttle COLUMBIA Support

 

USPS Slogan Machine Cancel Kennedy Space Center FL

1985-01-24

N/A

Space Shuttle DISCOVERY Support

 

N/A

c 1979

N/A

Photograph of the ship

 

Other Information

USNS REDSTONE earned the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (3 awards) and the National Defense Service Medal during her Naval service.

 

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