ANDREW J HIGGINS T-AO 190
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 21 November 1985 - Launched 17 January 1987 Delivered to the US Navy 22 October 1987 Placed out of Service 6 May 1996 Struck from the Naval Register 6 January 2009 Joined Chilean Navy after overhaul February 2010 |
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- USNS Andrew J. Higgins T-AO-190 Covers Page 1 (DATE RANGE)
Postmarks
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USPS Slogan |
1988-02-12 |
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Other Information
USNS ANDREW J. HIGGINS T-AO-190 earned the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon (3 awards), the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon (4 awards), the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and the Southwest Asia Service Medal during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - Andrew Jackson Higgins (28 August 1886 – 1 August 1952).
Higgins was the founder and owner of Higgins Industries, the New Orleans-based manufacturer of "Higgins boats" (LCVPs) during World War II. The company started out as a small boat-manufacturing business, but later became one of the biggest industries in the world with upwards of eighty thousand workers and government contracts worth nearly three hundred fifty million dollars.
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