OWL ATO 137

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.

Lapwing Class Minesweeper
Keel Laid October 25 1917 - Launched March 4 1918
 
1. USS OWL Minesweeper No. 2
   Commissioned July 11 1918
   
   
2. USS OWL AM-2
   Designated (AM) July 17 1920
   
   
3. USS OWL AT-137
   Reclassified as Ocean Tug (AT) June 1 1942
   
   
4. USS OWL ATO-137
   Reclassified as Ocean Tug (Old) (ATO) May 15 1944
   Decommissioned July 26 1946
   
   Struck from Naval Register in 1946
   Sold June 27 1947 to Pacific Metal and Salvage Co. at Port of Nordland, Wash. for scrap

 

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 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).

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1. Covers Page 1    (1935-40)

 

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.
 
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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 3r (A-TBT) "NORFOLK / VA"

1937-06-25 to 1937-06-25

Keel Laid for USS Rowan DD-405 and USS Stack DD-406, cachet by C. Wright Richell

 

Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) "NORFOLK / VA"

1938-03-17 to 1938-03-17

R/S on back from Cachetmaker H. J. Lindhardt

 

Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) "PORTSMOUTH / VA"

1938-12-23 to 1938-12-23

Christmas cachet by Loring W. Stannard, sponsored by Frederick Horton

 

Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) "PORTSMOUTH / VA"

1939-08-04 to 1939-08-04

Note:

 

Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) "PORTSMOUTH / VA"

1939-10-27 to 1939-10-27

Navy Day, cachet by William F. Schlechter

 

Locy Type 3r (A-TBT)

1940-10-27 to 1940-10-27

Back side of the October 27 1940 cover showing the Type 3 postmark.

 

Locy Type F "NAV.OPER.BASE / NORFOLK,VA." USCS Catalog Illustration CD-2

1935-08-26 to 1935-08-26

Cachet by George Sadworth

 

Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration O-17

1940-10-27 to 1940-10-27

Navy Day
Cachet artist - C. Wright Richell
Cachet Sponsors - Joseph F. Koehl, Henrik Wilson and Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type Fake USCS Catalog Illustration CD-3b, "2"

1941-10-30 to 1941-10-30

Notes:

 

Locy Type SLKbs (80x9)

1934-11-29 to 1934-11-29

Additional postmark from Norfolk, VA. Date is typed on the cover.
R/S on back from from Desmond D. Jagyi

 

Locy Type SLKbs (45x5)

1936-04-22 to 1936-04-22

Notes:

 

Other Information

Earned 1 Battle Star (WWII)

NAMESAKE - The medium-large mainly nocturnal raptor

 

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