ACUSHNET ATO 63

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.

Acushnet Class Revenue Cutter/Oceangoing Tug Built 1908 - Launched 16 May 1908 USRC ACUSHNET CGC-18 Commissioned 6 November 1908 USCGC ACUSHNET CGC-18 Reclassified 28 January 1915 USS ACUSHNET (1917-19) Custody transferred to USN 1917 for duration of war USCGC ACUSHNET CGC-18 Custody returned to USCG 22 September 1919 USS ACUSHNET AT-63 Acquired by US Navy and redesignated Oceangoing Tug (AT) 30 May 1936 Commissioned 1 September 1936 USS ACUSHNET ATO-63 Redesignated Oceangoing Tug, Old (ATO) 15 May 1944 Decommissioned 14 December 1945 Struck from Naval Register 8 January 1946 Transferred to MARCOM for disposal 12 December 1946 Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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1. USS Acushnet AT / ATO-63 Covers Page 1    (1936-41)

 

Postmarks

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

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Post Office Established 1 December 1938 - Disestablished 18 September 1945

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BTT)

1938-12-17

First Day Postal Service, cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "N N Y / PORT'S'VA"

1940-05-30

Memorial Day at Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, VA. Cachet by George Neumann and Frederick Horton

 

Locy Type 9v

1939-05-12

Add-on cachet from Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 9x

1939-01-03

Add-on cachet from Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 9x

1939-05-12

Add-on cachet from Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-7

1942-01-22

Cover by Ted Harrington

 

Other Information

USS ACUSHNET earned the World War I Victory Medal, the American Defense Medal, the American Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named for a town in Bristol County, southeastern Massachusetts, on an inlet of Buzzards Bay, settled about 1658-1659. The town was named for an Indian village that occupied a part of the site of the present city of New Bedford, Mass.

The ships sponsor was Miss Alayce Duff.

 

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