DAWN IX 186
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.
- Dawn Class Mobile Floating Fuel Storage Ship
- VACUUM (Commercial Service) Owned and operated by Vacuum Oil Co., Inc., New York
- USS DAWN IX-186 Commissioned Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX) December 26 1944
Built 1920 at Moore Shipbuilding Co., Oakland, CA
Official Number: 220165
Listed owner in 1931: Standard-Vacuum Transportation Co., Inc., New York
Listed owner in 1935: Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc., New York
Acquired by U.S. Navy December 25 1944
Decommissioned April 12 1946
Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown)
Returned to War Shipping Administration for disposal April 12 1946
Fate unknown
Conflicting History Data
NavSource says the following for final disposition:
"..., sold for scrapping, 4 December 1946, to Patapsco Scrap Metal Corp., Baltimore, MD. ..., delivered, 17 December 1947"
Wikipedia and its source
KAWISHIWI AO-146 Personnel Map indicate
that the ship was laid up in the Suisun Bay, CA, Reserve Fleet as late as 2004.
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Postmarks
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Other Information
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Philippine Liberation Medal
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