NODAWAY T-AOG 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.

Rincon Class Gasoline Tanker Keel Laid February 19 1945 as "MV TARCOOLA" Launched March 15 1945 Delivered to the Maritime Commission September 12 1945, for operation as a merchant tanker renamed "MV BELRIDGE" Acquired by the US Navy August 14 1950 USNS NODAWAY T-AOG-78 Placed in service by MSTS September 11 1950 Placed out of service December 11 1959 Delivered to MARAD December 11 1959 for temporary custody USNS NODAWAY T-AOG-78 Re-acquired by the US Navy and placed in service August 1965 Placed out of Service 1995 Assigned to the MSC Ready Reserve Force (RRF) in October 1995, custody remained with MARAD, berthed at Tsuneishi, Japan Downgraded from RRF status to disposal, pending sale September 30 2006 Disposed of by MARAD sale December 16 2006

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1984)

 

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

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2nd Commissioning August 1965 to October 1995

 

Locy Type 7# US Marine Corps FPO 98773

1984-04-26

N/A

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Other Information

USNS NODAWAY earned the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A river in the state of Iowa.

 

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