CHEPACHET AO 78
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 November 1 1942 as EUTAW SPRINGS Launched March 10 1943 as CHEPACHET Transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service Struck from Naval Register January 4 1980 Transferred April 1 1980 to Maritime Administration for disposal Sold to Global Marine Development for conversion to a research vessel Transferred February 1982 to the state of Hawaii to be sold for scrap |
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.
- Covers Page 1 (1944-60)
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.
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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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Post Office Established June 28 1943 - Disestablished March 12 1946
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Locy Type |
1946-02-28 |
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Cachet by George V. Sadworth. Contributed by Tom Kean.
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Locy Type |
1943-08-15 |
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Note:
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Locy Type |
1946-02-28 |
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Cachet by George V. Sadworth. Contributed by Tom Kean.
USNS CHEPACHET T-AO-78
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Locy Type SL |
1960-08-15 |
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Arctic Operations Cachet
USPS Pictorial Postmark
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USPS |
1993-09-19 |
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Reunion Cachet by Alvin Eckert
Other Information
CHEPACHET earned two Battle Stars for WWII
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Leyte operation
Leyte landings, October 25-28 1945
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Borneo operation
Balikpapan operation, June 28 to July 7 1945
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
the American Campaign Medal, the European-African- Middle East Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 2 Battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) and the Philippines Liberation Medal w/ 1 bronze star during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - Named for the Revolutionary War Battle of Eutaw Springs, South Carolina.
NAMESAKE - Named for the Chepachet River located in the village of Glocester, Rhode Island.
The ships sponsor was Mrs. I.G. Klemmer.
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