CHEMUNG AO 30
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.
Keel Laid (Date unknown) Launched September 9 1939 as ESSO ANNAPOLIS Acquired from Maritime Commission June 5 1941 |
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This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.
- Covers Page 1 (1942-50)
Postmarks
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.
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1st Commissioning July 3 1941 to July 3 1950
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Locy Type |
1942-01-20 |
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First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by Louis C. & Mae Weigand, Army Flag, 2nd Series
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Locy Type |
1942-01-20 |
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First Day of Postal Service.
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1942-01-20 |
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First Day of Postal Service. Censored
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Locy Type |
1942-01-20 |
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First Day of Postal Service.
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Locy Type |
1942-01-20 |
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First Day of Postal Service. Censored
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Locy Type |
1942-01-20 |
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First Day of Postal Service. Close-up view of the Censor marking
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Locy Type |
1942-01-20 |
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First Day of Postal Service.
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1942-01-20 |
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First Day of Postal Service. Censored
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1942-01-20 |
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First Day of Postal Service.
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Locy Type |
1947-06-01 |
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Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson
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Locy Type |
1946-03-25 |
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Note:
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Locy Type |
1944-07-23 |
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Note:
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Locy Type |
1950-03-14 |
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Last Day Postal Service
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Locy Type |
1944-07-10 |
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Official Business, postmark is not from the USS CHEMUNG.
Other Information
CHEMUNG received two battle stars for World War II service, four battle stars for Korean War service and six campaign stars for Vietnam War service
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (2) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (4) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (9-Vietnam, 1-Taiwan Straits, 2-Quemoy-Matsu, 7-Korea) - Vietnam Service Medal (8) Fifth Row - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
NAMESAKE - A river in New York
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