COWANESQUE T-AOT 79

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.

Suamico Class Fleet Oiler
Keel Laid (Date unknown) as "SS FORT DUQUESNE"
Launched March 11 1943 - Acquired by U.S. Navy March 25 1943


1. USS COWANESQUE AO-79
   Commissioned May 1 1943 - Decommissioned January 30 1946
   Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown)
   Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet
   
   Reacquired and reinstated in Naval Register January 18 1948
   Transferred to Naval Transportation Service
   
   
2. COWANESQUE AO-79
   Placed In Service January 18 1948
   Transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service October 1 1949
   
   
3. USNS COWASESQUE T-AO-79
   Placed in Service October 1 1949
   
   
4. USNS COWANESQUE T-AOT-79
   Reclassified Transport Oiler (T-AOT) (Date unknown)
   Out of Service 1972
   Sunk April 23 1972 off Okinawa
   Struck from the Naval Register June 1 1972

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1943-44)

 

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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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

USPO Machine Cancel Norfolk VA

1943-09-30

N/A

Sailor's Mail

 

Locy Type 2z*

1944-07-08

Official Business

 

Locy Type 2z*

1944-09-27

Note:

 

Locy Type 9efsu

1944-09-27

Note:

 

Other Information

USS COWANESQUE earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the Europe-Africa-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), the National Defense Service Medal and the Philippines Liberation Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A river in Pennsylvania.

 

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