HIDATSA ATF 102

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.

Abnaki Class Fleet Ocean Tug Keel Laid August 8 1943 - Launched December 29 1943 USS HIDATSA AT-102 Commissioned April 25 1944 USS HIDATSA ATF-102 Reclassified Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF) May 15 1944 Decommissioned May 5 1948 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, Long Beach Group Struck from Naval Register July 1 1963 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Group ARC RODRIGO De BASTIDAS (Colombian Naval Service) Transferred, cash sale, to Colombia March 1 1979 and renamed

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). 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.

1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

 

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

 

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Other Information

HIDATSA earned the Navy Unit Commendation for service in Salvage, Fire Fighting, and Rescue Unit, Service Force, 7th Fleet - Philippine Islands area, January 6 to March 3 1945, and two battle stars for her service in World War II

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)

NAMESAKE - An Indian group of the Sioux Tribe of North Dakota, now living on the Fort Berthold Reservation

 

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