CHETCO ATA 166

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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.

    Fleet Tug
    Built 1919 as the civilian tug Barryton
    Acquired by the Moran Towing Co., 1942, renamed Thomas E. Moran
    Purchased by the Navy 13 September 1943

  1. USS CHETCO AT-166
    Commissioned 24 September 1943

  2. USS CHETCO ATA-166
    Reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA) 15 May 1944
    Decommissioned 14 June 1946

    Struck from the Naval Register (Date Unknown)
    Transferred to MARCOM for disposal 18 June 1945
    Acquired by Moran Towing Co. in 1947 renamed Neptune
    Involved in a collision and sank in 1948

Naval Covers

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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.

  1. USS Chetco ATA-166 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

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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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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
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Locy Type
2z

1944-09-18

The ship had no postal facilities, so this cover was posted either on another ship or ashore.

 

Other Information

USS CHETCO earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 2 Battle stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - An Indian tribe of Oregon and extreme northern California.

 


 

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