RIO GRANDE AOG 3

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.

Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker Keel Laid June 30 1942 - Launched September 23 1942 USS RIO GRANDE AOG-3 Commissioned April 10 1943 - Decommissioned June 28 1946 Laid up in Reserve Fleet Recommissioned October 12 1950 - Decommissioned January 6 1956 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, Olympia Group Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown) Sold February 7 1972 to General Metals, Tacoma, WA for scrap

Naval Covers

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.

1. Covers Page 1     (1945)

 

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.

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.

 

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

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1st Commissioning April 10 1943 to June 28 1946

 

Locy Type 2z*

1945-08-04

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Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

NAMESAKE - A river in the southwestern United States, forming part of the Mexican boundary and flowing from the San Juan mountains in southwest Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico

 

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