RAMAPO AO 12

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.

Patoka Class Fleet Oiler
Keel Laid January 16 1919 under a United States Shipping Board (USSB) contract
Launched September 11 1919


1. USS RAMAPO Fleet Oiler No. 12
   Commissioned November 15 1919
   
   
2. USS RAMAPO AO-12
   Designated (AO) July 17 1920
   Decommissioned January 10 1946
   
   Struck from Naval Register January 21 1946
   Transferred June 30 1946 to Maritime Commission for disposal
   Sold 23 April 1948 to West Coast Transoceanic SS Line Agents
   Resold 23 April 1948 to James Polk
   Sold November 15 1948 to the War Trade Corp.
   Re-flagged Liberian September 1950
   
   Sold 1953 for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1927-42)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 3 (A-TTT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"

1938-07-13

Signed on back by Desmond D. Jagyi

 

Locy Type 3 (A-TTT) "MARE ISLAND / CALIF"

1938-11-11

Armistice Day 1938
Cachet by Walter Czubay (National Cachet Society)

 

Locy Type 3 (A-TTT)

1937-01-01 to 1937-01-01

Notes:

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)

1940-12-25

Christmas Day 1940
Cachet by Irene Griffith

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)

1941-10-25

Note:

 

Locy Type 3b (A-XTT) "MARE ISLAND / CALIF"

1940-07-31

Note: Official Business

 

Locy Type 3s

1930-07-16

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 3z (BBT)

1942-04-15

Note: Typed ship's name on the front of this cover.

 

Locy Type 5hks "SAN DIEGO / CALIF."

1933-02-17

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N/A

1922-04-10

N/A

Dance Invitation given by USS RAMAPO

 

Other Information

RAMAPO earned 1 Battle Star for WWII service

RAMAPO was at Pearl Harbor December 7 1941 at The Pearl Harbor Navy Yard

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
China Service Medal (extended)
American Defense Service Medal
American Campaign Service Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
World War II Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - Named for the Ramapo River a tributary of the Pompton River in southern New York and northern New Jersey.

 

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